Word: seek
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wish that the world not be as Updike sees it--cold, without essential human feelings or grandeur--that causes me to seek a refuge in these artistic strictures. But Couples does seem a novel in which the author's volition, his thesis, have been allowed to substitute for the free play of the imagination, for a full measure of humanity for his characters...
...onetime druggist's prescription for his troubled party and nation is conciliation and unity. "We seek an America of one spirit," Humphrey said. "The time has come to express a new American patriotism." Out in the open, running for himself again, he radiated all the old Humphrey solar energy. He will need...
Though there is really little to choose from among the three candidates on fundamental issues, Humphrey by his tone and his loyalty to the Administration finds himself the sudden centrist; able to seek a Democratic coalition potentially as broad as F.D.R.'s. He is doing so, moreover, without any disavowal of the libertarian lodestar that led him into politics in the first place. "The nation needs to be calmed and unified," he says. "It needs steady social progress with a minimum of disorder. I offer leadership based not just on idealism but on a pragmatic approach to government. I offer...
...time in Chinese, reveals that in China there is no cheating in commerce, no cheese, no tipping, and "absolutely no night life"-and very few flies, either. The trains run on time, and Chinese guests, one should be forewarned, usually arrive a few minutes early. The visitor should not seek to discard anything of even residual value in China; it is bound to pursue him until the Chinese can return...
...There may be a tendency to over-react," he said, "but I don't think a retreat into isolationism is a real danger. I do not believe that we have no interests in Asia, and the alternative to over-investment is not total withdrawal. We have to seek a systematic withdrawal and de-militarization of our commitment, and simultaneously try to introduce Soviet and Japanese influence to mix in with our presence...