Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chance that any of the readers of the editorial columns in this newspaper will take seriously the reporting of drug usage at Ivy League colleges in The Poisoned Ivy. Even the stodgiest member of the class of 1943 sitting alone at night in his Straus Hall reunion suite will spot a rush job when he sees it and chuckle with disbelief at both the title of the book and chapter headings like "New Desire Under the Elms...
Chats, Charters & Chow. Most expensive single item for any campaigner is television time. One of Oregon's twelve stations, KGW, reported that in one-minute campaign spots alone, Nixon bought 112, Reagan 104, Kennedy 58, McCarthy 46 and Rocky 17. The station charges $400 per minute for a political spot in prime time (7:30-11 p.m.), $300 in Class A time (6-7:30 p.m.) and $110 in daytime...
Braidwood is not only a pioneer in the study of the so-called "archaeological gap" between man's shift from hunter to farmer; he is one of the first archaeologists to go forth with whole teams of scholars-geologists, zoologists, botanists-applying a wide range of on-the-spot know-how to each dig. Since his psychedelic show has already become one of the institute's most popular displays, the public obviously digs Braidwood's brand of archaeology...
Foster argued that the Pentagon needed research into politics, economics, anthropology and a plethora of other subjects apparently unconnected with war in order to spot future crises-and perhaps prevent them from degenerating into shooting. "Thinking about national security today," Foster insisted, "must include some explicit analysis of many factors that 50 years ago probably would have been neglected." Fulbright was unmollified, echoing his disquiet over the Pentagon's influence on U.S. foreign policy that expanded under former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. "What you are really saying," Fulbright retorted, "is that the civilian heads of the Department of Defense...
...from plus 5 to minus 5, pollsters ask voters to indicate how strongly they feel about candidates and issues. Plus 5 indicates a firm attachment to a candidate; plus 1 suggests that the voter might well swing to the other side. Even in very close contests, pollsters can usually spot the winner by measuring not only the size but also the intensity of his support...