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Word: willingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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In contrast, the Washington Star's Mary McGrory maintained that while there was joy in Saigon over Lodge's nomination, there was also "stealthy satisfaction among Washington doves." If Nixon were preparing to cut U.S. losses in Viet Nam and settle for less than Lyndon Johnson was willing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: Nixon's Negotiators | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

Exactly who it is that will take over the center is a problem of definition. Wasps are not so easily characterized as other ethnic groups. The term itself can be merely descriptive or mildly offensive, depending on the user and the hearer; at any rate, it has become part of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: ARE THE WASPS COMING BACK? HAVE THEY EVER BEEN AWAY? | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

Particularly among Britain's lower-class whites, this influx has aroused the full range of reactions that accompany any major wave of immigration anywhere. Cockney housewives grimace at pungent cooking odors wafting from Indian kitchens, and early-to-bed British workingmen complain of being kept awake all night by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Phenomenon of Powellism | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

A particularly serious problem that every blind student faces is the difficulty of having any normal social life. This is one reason why Charlie liked the fraternity system at Amherst: "I had a system of friends who got me 'blind' dates." Here at Harvard he finds it difficult to meet...

Author: By Laura R. Benjamin, | Title: Being Blind at Harvard | 1/16/1969 | See Source »

Pusey explained that the Corporation is willing to consider any position taken by the Radcliffe Council or the Radcliffe Board of Trustees, Kaufman said. From a policy stance, the Corporation might not be adverse to the possibility of ending the separate status of the two colleges.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pusey is Pessimistic on Coed Living Chance | 1/16/1969 | See Source »

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