Word: seek
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Nixon won the election partly because he was so successful in the use of cosmetics and electronics. In power he intended to pursue the same course. Johnson was loud, Nixon would be soft. Johnson was secretive and deceptive, Nixon open and candid. Johnson played cronyism while Nixon would seek counsel from friend and foe. Johnson became the symbol of a political manipulator, but Nixon would abandon his old style of partisanship to strike a pose as statesman of all the people. The script said in large letters: AVOID LYNDON JOHNSON'S MISTAKES...
...world-view many students seek must be in sharp contrast to the prevailing scientific world-view, which is enshrined in official educational epistemology and exalted in modern society. Today's education breeds the sort of scientific experts who can't abide ambiguity, or anything that won't yield to scientific explanation. There is great need for people to be exactly the opposite...
...dozen largely forgettable cases since 1946. Now the judges yearn to leave the Peace Palace that has been their headquarters. Most of them are in their 70s, and they complain that drafts in the palace are conducive to rheumatism. In a resolution currently before the United Nations, they seek to revise a U.N. statute that restricts the court to The Hague...
...ride. Several cars have more powerful engines; the biggest of all is the Cadillac Eldorado's, at 500 cu. in. The Plymouth Barracuda is one of the few cars that have had enough sheet-metal changes to give the body a new look. The game of hide-and-seek has taken a new turn. Disappearing headlights have been dropped on all G.M. cars except the Corvette, but hidden windshield wipers have been made standard on nearly all cars...
...Services, which flouted tradition and aggressively sold mutual funds to investors abroad, much as Fuller Brush men peddle house hold wares in the U.S. Now that the raff ish upstart has built I.O.S. assets to $1.8 billion, he has become too rich and powerful to deride. Investment hous es seek Cornfeld's favor, and continental bankers have begun imitating his sales methods. Last week I.O.S. brought out its first public offering of common stock, and eager investors abroad bid the shares to a large premium...