Word: slips
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Having "proved" behavior deterministic, Loeb moved on to fertilization, for he found that vitalists (who opposed mechanists) were always using the mystery of the process of fertilization to slip a soul into animals. In 1899, by chemical alterations in water containing sea urchin eggs, he was able to fertilize the eggs and cause them to develop into larvae without any male sperm at all. For this work he gained world renown. Professor Fleming's introduction recounts that maiden ladies stopped bathing at the sea shore for fear of what the water might do to them; barren couples earnestly entreated Loeb...
...beside it) that might seem the essence of grace in a Kabuki dancer but stir less enthusiasm when performed in a crowded ladies' room, look downright insane in a restaurant. Worse still are the moments when removal is imperative due to a flying cinder or a sudden slip of a lens, or almost impossible (on a street corner, in a snowstorm); shrewd lensmen wear sunglasses on all outdoor excursions, preferring to be thought phony rather than weepy...
...also annoyed by something I thought I read between the lines, perhaps inaccurately, in Mr. Brackman's article. Mr. Brackman and other, more radical "white liberals" seem occasionally to slip into almost wistful speculation that the American Negro may lead a "radical social upheaval" or "social revolution" which would then presumably benefit all Americans of a radical persuasion. Personally, it strikes me that most American Negroes would be very happy to settle for a nice home in an integrated, middle-class suburb, if only white society would allow them to buy the home, and to make enough money to afford...
...largely because the Federal Reserve issued so much new money to service the expanding economy while the nation's gold supply has remained static. This year the outflow of U.S. gold to foreign countries is expected to reach its highest level since 1960, and the gold cover will slip perilously close to the 25% floor...
...better than a formal vote-which would have forced the U.S. to challenge Russia's right to vote and ended the delicate search for a compromise on the financial-arrears question. So the ambassadors obediently lined up outside Quaison-Sackey's office, indicated their preferences on a slip of paper...