Word: well
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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They turned out to be well-intentioned but poorly informed people who could not solve real problems. Another kind of trouble has arisen in Maine, where down-Easters resent being told what to do with their land. Many have stubbornly refused to pay any attention to their conservation commissions...
...Standard. By a unanimous vote, the California Supreme Court has just reversed the convictions. The judges ruled that the Fourth Amendment protects a man's trash can as well as his home because the can is "an adjunct of the domestic economy." Equally important, the judges pointed out that the Fourth Amendment has been interpreted as protecting "people, not places." The key standard is a citizen's "reasonable expectation of privacy." As long as he has reason to assume that he is in a private place, the police normally cannot invade his privacy and seize evidence without...
...game dominated by passers who throw with pinpoint accuracy, and receivers who can cover 100 yds. in well under ten seconds, a fast and aggressive defensive line has become an absolute prerequisite to victory. If Marshall and his fellow ersatz Norsemen can sustain their brutal brand of trench warfare, the Vikings may have a crack at the N.F.L. title that has so far eluded them...
...latest-and perhaps the greatest-Lucia, it was certainly the well-earned triumph of a long and tortuous career. And opera lovers are now speculating with awe just what wonders Sills may perform in future Lucias -singing without a cold...
...rage, scorn, self-pity and impotence so that an audience is held in a vise of attention. What Osborne has been able to find in himself is an astonishingly concrete symbol of the times. As Mary McCarthy once noted, "Although Osborne is no thinker, he understands the present very well, which is why he is sick...