Word: segmental
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...there were those who wholly disapproved of the hostilities against Mexico-just as today there are those who wholly disagree with the U.S. stand in Viet Nam. With the exception of World War II, every war in U.S. history has stirred the uninhibited opposition of a sizable segment of the population. Even the Revolutionary War, which made a nation out of 13 colonies, was flatly opposed by a large number of American settlers...
...fact, he may decide to make military service-the most integrated segment of American society-his career. Guy won an ROTC commission at Georgetown, ranking among the top six officers in the cadet corps, and is now waiting to enter Army helicopter school, for which he volunteered. He will probably go to Viet Nam after completing the course, and will do at least a five-year hitch in the service. In the interim, he is working as a data processor at NASA's Ames Research Center near Stanford, where Peggy is now a sophomore...
Part I of a two-part series about the impact of "The Computer Revolution" on today's society. This segment looks at an air-traffic-control center, computerized steel mill and typesetting machines...
...thus needing him less and less, Epstein built up a management agency for other big-beat talent. He bought a West End theater and produced such works as James Baldwin's Amen Corner. He also made a none too impressive debut as host of a five-minute segment of NBC's Hullabaloo TV series...
Though anti-Semitism has a long and virulent history in Poland, Jews form a vital and powerful segment of the present Polish government. As in other countries in Eastern Europe, the roots of the Polish Communist Party go back to 19th century Jewish-led organizations. And as Europe's Communist parties grew after World War I, so did the influence of the Jews within them. Dur ing World War II and Nazi occupation, many Polish Communist Jews fled to Russia for sanctuary-and many returned with the Red Army to hold high military, secret-police and administrative posts. Thus...