Word: thingness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first-strike capability [the ability to so devastate the American arsenal that the U.S. could not retaliate]. There is no question about that." That statement flew in the face of testimony by Pentagon intelligence experts only a few months before, contending that the Russians were doing no such thing. Laird's assertion drew charges that ABM advocates have altered intelligence estimates and used classified information that helps their case, while downplaying data that damages it. Laird has since modified his March statement; he now says that the Russians are developing S59 missiles with multiple warheads that would give them...
...Thing. The present leaders, many of them middle-aged or older, believe that they can retain the group's established ways and still keep it vital and strong. They feel no need to apologize. WE'RE DOIN' OUR THING, said the orange-and-black buttons worn by many of the 2,000 delegates. To A.M.E. Zion Bishop Stephen Spottswood, 72, N.A.A.C.P. board chairman, "our thing" meant the full sweep of Negro-American progress in this century. "What has been achieved, we have achieved it," he declared. "What remains to be done, we shall...
...Clarence Mitchell, 58, director of the Washington office, "our thing" meant continued faith in integration, a rejection of black for black's sake. "I make no claim to importance merely because I share common ancestry with the people of Africa," Mitchell said. "I am a part of the people who mingled our share of toil with the labors of immigrants from Europe. This is my country, it is the land that I love." To Roy Wilkins, 67, N.A.A.C.P. executive director, "our thing" meant a rebuttal to charges that the N.A.A.C.P.'s middle-class base is an overwhelming handicap...
...thing I am clear about, and it is that Wales needs to look forward with out forsaking the traditions and essential aspects of her past...
...White House that doesn't work," even the secret staircase that she had once used to escape a party. "I just walked out. It was late anyhow." When reporters came to cover one of her supertours last week, Julie offered comment on her approaching 21st birthday. "The biggest thing about it," said she, "is being able to vote...