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...have always considered the Harvard Conservative a junior version of the National Review. The defining trait of the latter has been accurately suggested by Theodore Sorenson. Speaking at Leverett House several years ago, he remembered that "Mr. Kennedy read Time and Newsweek to discover the misinformation that forms public opinion and browsed National Review to keep his blood...
...purely natural athlete who has had practically no formal instruction. "I have not been coached or trained by anyone since my first appearance on a track," he says, and shows it. He runs with a peculiarly formal, pistonlike gait, rolls his head while he is running (a trait that, experts say, impairs his balance), likes to take the lead at the start of each race and try to hold...
Parents of these children were understandably proud that their kids had shown progress. Yet, they were puzzled too. Like most people, they were under the impression that an IQ is a measure of an inherent trait called intelligence, and that it never varies; that it is either a badge or a blemish to be worn indelibly for all time. As it happens, those notions are largely myths that for years have caused parents needless concern...
...malicious. Vice President Humphrey greets the President: "Morning, Lyndon, how are you?" To which Lyndon replies: "Is that all you ever think of, Hubert?" Mostly however, the current jokes on Johnson are almost as acidulous as Gallic gags about Charles de Gaulle. Oddly enough, they also deride the messianic trait that-if nothing else-both leaders have in common. They could be called Lyndon B. Attitudes. Samples...
...untried in orbit, fuel cells were installed in Gemini 5 because they were smaller and lighter than the conventional batteries used on all previous space flights. Unlike conventional batteries, they can supply electricity for as long as they are fed their fuel−an ideal trait for long-duration power supplies. They produce electricity through the continuous chemical reaction of oxygen and hydrogen, and in the process they form water, a most valuable byproduct...