Word: sheerness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reason for the increasing shrillness of dissent is sheer frustration that the voices of protest do not seem to be heeded in Washington. "Johnson, Humphrey and Rusk are simply not paying any attention to the word of protest," complains Presbyterian Theologian Robert McAfee Brown of Stanford...
...ball hit beyond the pin and rolled back, back-whoops, too far. When he got to the par-five 18th hole, Nicklaus was four strokes behind, so he audaciously decided to go for an eagle. His second shot landed on an impossible rock perch at the top of a sheer drop down to the ocean. A forehanded ABC crewman was in the right place with a hand-held camera to watch him agonizingly line up and then blow his desperation third shot-and with it any chance for the top prize...
...sheer size of foundations-their collective wealth and power as investors in the stock markets and their influence on U.S. society-has begun to stir criticism and concern in some quarters. When looked at in the widest context, this point of view seems unwarranted. Foundation wealth represents the tiniest fraction of all private wealth in this country, which is estimated at $2.15 trillion. Foundation grants account for only 8% of total U.S. philanthropy, 80% of which comes from the individual giver, in a gamut of generosity that embraces large and small offerings to hospitals, churches, the Community Chest and even...
...only Oriental besides Mehta to flourish on Western podiums, is no less a dynamic charmer than Mehta. A favorite of young people, he sports a Beatle hairdo and a free-swinging style in the manner of Leonard Bernstein. Sometimes he indulges his expressive stick technique to paint panels of sheer sound, but he can also propel vibrant, vivacious performances as notable for their substance as for their sheen...
...education, inspiration these form an area of power that may be in this age almost more important than the constitutional authority. Johnson is essentially a manager and a manipulator. He knows where all the levers are and he knows how to use them. But when he must, by the sheer force of his intellect and his personality, develop that broad base of support essential to moving the country, he often fails dismally...