Word: suspect
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hampered by congressional scrutiny of possible abuses by the CIA and FBI. Forced to be more sensitive to the civil rights of citizens, it pruned its list of potentially violent Americans from 47,000 to the present 38,000. Some agents are said to be skittish of placing a suspect under surveillance, fearing the repercussions of being overzealous. At the same time, however, the Service is now being urged to clamp a tighter aegis over the President. "With criticism coming from both sides," Director Knight asked recently, "how are we to know where to strike the proper balance...
...mastered in the course of their existence. What is lacking above all is the inspiration found throughout Dark Side of the Moon, the quality which transforms a good work into a great one. Whether this inspiration will surface on their next album, one has to wait to see. I suspect the wait this time will be considerably shorter...
...would you tell the story of your life? Perhaps you suspect it would make an intriguing novel, but there isn't a ready-made set of words to match its pits and camber--you have to grapple with ordinary, imprecise language. This is material for a writer, who will imbue it with form. The mystery that the writer possesses is the mystery of narrative technique and, as Sartre points out, people believe an author can take the content of his take from anywhere. This opinion leads to a disconcerting contradiction in the prevailing conception of a writer. He is thought...
William L. Bruce '46, vice dean of the Law School, said yesterday that the contractors will have to pay for any damage. "Since the radiators were inspected, we suspect this was an isolated case. However if the same thing continues to happen, the contractor will be out of a lot of money," Bruce said...
...Prayer and Hail Marys. They march to neighborhood churches to pray and sing hymns, sometimes kneeling down to statues of patron saints to pray for intercession to stop forced busing. The unvoiced desire to keep blacks out of their schools and community is obviously there, producing prayers that are suspect in their motivation and intent...