Word: seek
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tube'] and father of the multitudes." In addition, says Historian Sidney Hyman, he must possess "animal energy, a physical capacity for long and sustained attention to detail, the power to endure bores," as well as "a will to decide," and a "sense of tragedy" that results when men seek to do good, but inadvertently achieve evil ends...
...Being an American Parent" [Dec. 15], that today's pampered youth yearn for discipline; finding it withheld at home, they often seek it in the classroom. Although it's In to complain about assignments and deadlines, most students, not yet ready for independence, find security in this kind of regimentation. Many a class troublemaker who harasses his teacher is selfconsciously pursuing a reprimand. I recall one unruly college freshman who came unbidden to my office with a plea that I shall never forget: "I know my behavior is lousy. Can you make me stop?" Yes, I probably...
...Garcia y Vega has the promotional services of one of the more fascinating authors in the nation. In return for mailing in ten bands from the company's Elegantes or Gallantes (list price: two for 250), a cigar smoker can get a free copy of To Seek a Newer World (list: $4.95), a slim volume of essays by Senator Robert Kennedy...
...this stage, Kenyatta, Obote and Nyerere are not talking about any political integration. Nonetheless, the Community inevitably promotes closer administrative and political ties. Each country, for example, has agreed to allow workers from the other two states to cross its borders to seek employment without passports or entry permits. The Community will have both a "cabinet" composed of three ministers of East African affairs, one from each government, and a Legislative Assembly that will include nine persons from each nation to enact laws governing services. Though only a modest first step, the East African Economic Community promises...
World's Biggest PX. Basic drives remain simple. First come good food, clean sheets and hot water. "I took four showers the first day," says SP4 Ethen Woodward, a mortarman with the 1st Infantry Division. "I hadn't had a hot shower in ten months." Some first seek out the local R & R center and gorge on fresh milk, hamburgers and ice cream. Next objective is usually, in the words of a 173rd Airborne trooper, "a girl." But, he added carefully, "I'm also very interested in the cultural bit. I figure I may only be coming...