Word: uses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...never before has a President admitted the public so far into his thinking about an appointment. To some, it appeared to be a typical example of Nixonian psychology, a somewhat compulsive need to justify and explain himself. But the President's motives seemed straightforward enough. He wanted to use facts to stop press speculation that might prove embarrassing to his friends, and he wanted to contrast the candor of his Administration with the deviousness of his predecessor's. He succeeded in both goals, and he is expected now to repeat the briefing approach when fuller than usual background is again...
...view, cafes and beauty shops were full of customers, food was plentiful and moderately priced, and Hanoi's women had blossomed forth for spring in new pink blouses. Boats on the artificial lake in the city's Unification Park were newly equipped with outboard motors for the use of visitors...
Ultimately, business and the professions may have to make even greater adjustments to accommodate the new breed of graduates. Many big corporations now use their annual reports to stress their good works as well as their profits. Some top-ranking Manhattan law firms cooperate in programs that allow younger associates to work one night a week in the ghettos and do follow-up work during the day; Baltimore's Piper & Marbury plans to open an office in the ghetto next fall. Idiosyncrasy is no longer suspect. In some areas the man in the turtleneck is beginning to replace...
...rebellious students are essentially guilt-ridden individuals. They feel terribly guilty about all the advantages they had. And there's also the guilt of their exemption from the draft, which is a serious guilt. All too many who now go to college have little interest, ability, and use for what constitutes a college education. They would be better off with a high level vocational education which is closely linked to a work program which gives scope to; their needs for physical activity and visible, tangible achievement. The complaint of many of these students is that nobody needs them. They feel...
...after the act. Worst and most dangerous of all, there seems to be a tendency in our society to legitimize the results of violence so that, as Kant put it, the God of success afterwards serves as advocate for the violent action that preceded it and suggests its future use...