Word: thoughtfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...basic biological tenet as evolution and natural selection. For behavior patterns and their modification possibilities through learning are fixed in the genes of species, consequently modified but not eradicated in individual development. Just as ethologists are beginning to find that man has more instinct-caused behavior than we thought, Simon and Gagnon rush in the opposite direction with their absurd conclusions...
...Force's B70 was virtually a bust. The Government spent $1.4 billion to build two test models before it was abandoned as obsolete. The F-111 was an attempt to save money while modernizing. McNamara thought he could save $1 billion by developing one plane for three services: Air Force, Navy and Marines. Eventually, the Marines dropped out, and the Navy, after investing $200 million, abandoned the carrier version in favor of its own new plane, the F-14A. The Air Force is reasonably satisfied with its F-111, except that a dozen have crashed so far, and the plane...
...nationwide chaos stirred up by his Cultural Revolution forced one postponement after another. The revolution, he had originally hoped, would rekindle the zealous spirit that spurred Chinese Communists to emerge from the caves of Yenan and conquer all of China after World War II. It would also, Mao thought, reinvigorate a party that had become little more than an ossified, bureaucratic establishment. Only when a measure of peace-or at least stalemate-eased the power struggle between the army, old party cadres and Maoist radicals, did Chairman Mao decide to convoke the meeting...
...began to work in series, the first of which was "Agricola": graceful totems made from bits of old agricultural implements salvaged from barnyards. He was immensely proud of the fact that his grandparents had been pioneers and thought of these shards of pioneers' tools as belonging "to my grandfather and thus...
...arrived at the new road, also perpendicular to the highway, the group fell into silence for a while. We were away from the cabin and from the night and from the ghosts, I thought...