Word: sheer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...call for a real world order, but it failed even to begin to create one, or really to come to terms with nationalism. Even though in many areas Communism uses nationalism as a vehicle, the two remain essentially inimical. The supranational loyalty to Moscow, which Stalin enforced through sheer power and terror, was artificial. Moscow is not the Third Rome. What started under Stalin, continued with Tito's defection, and goes on ever more intensely under Khrushchev, is the reascendancy of nationalism over Communism, of self-interest over ideology...
Finally, in a production where sheer lavishness means so much, the very obvious technical slipups made quite a ludicrous impression. An occasional Brooklyn accent is especially jolting in a production notable for its uniformity of speech. The assassination of Caesar, when done with imaginary weapons, loses a great deal of its effect, and a ghost scene in which the ghost of Caesar merely walks onstage, pronounces his lines, and walks away, falls completely flat. The production crew created armor that rattles very loudly, which is especially annoying during what should be impressive scenes--while the soldiers are bearing Caesar...
...lightweights, Coach Freddy Cabot will be seeking to regain the top spot among Eastern crews which the Crimson held from 1958 through 1961. Cornell and M.I.T. defeated the Crimson last year with "sheer brute strength," Cabot said, and he hopes to beef up his first boat this year while maintaining its good rowing style...
...anyone is free to vote in either primary--cast their ballots for Wallace in an attempt to embarrass President Johnson. But Wallace's position had some appeal to the voters. It is hard to imagine 250,000 Republicans crossing over to vote for a man like Wallace out of sheer joy of playing a prank on Lyndon Johnson...
...unconventional technique, Segal found a new reality emerging while the plaster set. "To hold a pose for 40 minutes," says he, "you can't be in a social or artificial posture. Then the body reveals certain truths about itself." Idealization, he found, disappeared in favor of the sheer fatigue of his models...