Word: thought
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...thought the Essay was slightly less penetrating than the mouse that attempted to fertilize the elephant...
...sure the clan got its chance to toast the prospective bride and groom. There was Joan Kennedy in a black minishift and the George Plimptons chatting with Arthur Schlesinger Jr. All told, more than 200 guests dropped in to congratulate the lovestruck couple. Said the future Mrs. Sorensen: "We thought we ought to do something for our East Coast friends...
...consulting psychiatrist in a small cancer-research unit filled with terminal cases. When he arrived, he found the morale of both staff and patients abysmal. The doctors and nurses considered the patients "walking dead"; the patients grumbled constantly about "uncaring" doctors, "unavailable" nurses, and experimental drugs that they thought were being used on them as if they were guinea pigs...
When the Nixons moved into the White House, most art critics thought that they would prove to be as square as a cross section of the Washington monument. As it turns out, the Nixons are not all that square. Not being expert themselves, they may not be too sure about what they like. But they are willing to take the advice of knowledgeable authorities...
...pair v. 29? less than two years ago) and of teen-agers who come in as "mother's helpers" four mornings a week (they now charge $1.25 an hour, up from 75? a year ago). She has furnished the house with used pieces rather than new furniture. She thought of economizing by making her own clothes, but concluded that there would be no saving "because the price of fabric has skyrocketed. To make an average dress, including lining, costs...