Word: vacuum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...past that may be applied to the study of cities in the present. Then these new concepts and leading ideas might provide an intellectual foundation for contemporary city planning. In the past, planners and others engaged in -the practical aspects of urban management have worked in a vacuum of reliable information about the major causes of urban change...
...would simply be too revolting because of the cannibalistic implications. Thus the most palatable solution at this point seems to be a space version of a 'burial at sea.' After suitable rites, the dead astronaut would be simply pushed out into space. And there, because of the vacuum and the intensity of the sun's heat, his body would eventually evaporate and vanish into the vastness of space...
...does not. Craig Comstock seems to reflect a widespread attitude when he writes that "at a college so proud of its academic tradition, we hear little talk about courses except, that is, about exams, curves, and grades....Courses, by and large, are pursued in a social vacuum. It means nothing that students gather in a lecture hall, for they could as well stay in their rooms and watch the show on television...
...about exams, "curves," and grades. Harvard, we are told, is a "free marketplace of ideas," an "intellectual community," a "clash of lively minds." But the actual lack of academic talk mocks these noble metaphors of commerce, fellowship and sport. Courses, by and large, are pursued in a social vacuum. It means nothing that students gather in a lecture hall, for they could as well remain in their rooms and watch the show on television. And in the House dining halls--where, we like to pretend, so many ideas are traded over the ice-cream--most academic talk concerns...
...Into the Vacuum. In one sense, Trujillo's death had cleared the air. Many Latin American nations had been unwilling to move against Castro so long as Trujillo's longer-lasting dictatorship continued unchecked and uncondemned. But in the chaotic aftermath, there was danger of a bloodbath instituted by Trujillo's unproved heirs, or the counterdanger of a revolt in which a Castro might emerge triumphant. Washington sounded out members of the Organization of American States on the possibility of joint action to maintain order inside the Dominican Republic, got firm assent from key nations...