Word: yielding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...impressively effective in suggesting this mounting tension which marked the sectional debate in the 45 years between its beginning and the secession of South Carolina. His major method is the careful reading of the "second-rate" literature of the period, which he rightly believes is more likely to yield a reliable impression of the period's deepest social concerns than would its high art. So the popular novels and writings of William Wirt, Simms, Sarah Hale (of Godey's Lady's Book) and a great many others are subjected to a close scrutiny the likes of which their poor authors...
...ironically, said Piel, no such over whelming nuclear strike forces is necessary for deterrance, since the civilian population of a country is highly vulnerable to attack--for example, an attack with a total weight of about 1000 megatons directed against the 111 largest metropolitan regions in the country could yield up to 100 million casualties...
...insect pests by tricks of cultivation. They import the ancient enemies of invading foreign insects and foster the resident enemies of native pests. They are developing bacterial diseases to spread pestilence among insect populations. Because these tactics alone are seldom enough to protect the tender plants of modern, high-yield farms, the use of insecticides is economically necessary. Tests run by the Department of Agriculture show that failure to use pesticides would cost a major part of many crops; a 20-year study proved that cotton yields would be cut by 40%. Production of many kinds of fruit and vegetables...
Other approaches may be not less successful. Engraved invitations to a private viewing of Durer woodcuts have been known to produce certain effects, but a really specialized attack requires more information. Information offices are shockingly liberal toward section-manly voices. A little skill and resonance can yield the place and date of birth, family and educational backgrounds, field of concentration, course program, weight, vaccination record, and attitude toward raw carrots, of a really special prospect. The sophisticated one then develops problems with which the 'Cliffie is particularly adapted to cope, and places himself in a position where the latent mother...
...spend next summer, if different from home. Anyone on the list is eligible to become a summer activity, and you're just practicing up early (best wait until Thanksgiving for this). List all those living in dormitories not also housing 'Cliffies you have previously outraged or engaged. (This will yield a list of manageable size only for juniors and seniors, or precocious lowerclassmen.) Or list all those living in the dormitory your sister or sister's girlfriend (who may be freely invented) lived in. You're calling for old-times' sake, or the family tradition. The possibilities are nearly endless...