Word: zeros
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Vietnam. Seven years of persistent American involvement have produced the worst of both worlds: as more U.S. pilots become POWs, and the nation's resources drain in the form of "smart" bombs dropping on the North, our chances of retrieving the mounting number of POWs have consistently remained at zero...
...mere mention of Chicago brings forth visions of vote fraud, but evidence that would stand up in court has always been difficult to find. Even in 1960, when it was widely suspected that hanky-panky in Cook County cost Richard Nixon Illinois' electoral votes, 633 indictments resulted in zero convictions. Last week the Chicago Tribune, after months of diligent digging, published charges of massive vote manipulation in the state primary last March by Mayor Richard Daley's Democratic organization. This time the evidence seemed ironclad...
...What the question boils down to is how much of the difference is genetic," he continued. "At this point we just can't tell. The difference in test scores could conceivably be entirely due to environmental factors. The genetic factor could be zero...
...Zero Mostel's fault...
...Charles Reich's The Greening of America what chess is to Chinese checkers." In a lengthy interview, TIME Correspondent John Wilhelm pursued further Thompson's ideas about technocracy, beginning with the Club of Rome, the international organization of scientists and industrialists that has called for zero population and economic growth (TIME, Aug. 14). But Thompson's remarks about economic growth were only the starting point for an amazing, freewheeling discussion that ranged from education and art to mysticism and evolution. Excerpts...