Word: insertion
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with beginnings and endings and protagonists other than himself into the songs. Some of his earlier songs--Corrina, Corrina, and Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance -- are heavy imitations of Country & Western sound. Dylan comes from Hibbing, Minnesota, a town he describes with great amusement on the printed insert that comes with The Times They Are A-Changin'. A college classmate of the wife of a former editor of mine went to high school with Dylan, and said he was small and nobody talked...
...poll, each voter will receive a numbered ballot card and an envelope, which can be used for write-ins. Inside the voting booth, he must insert his punch card in a small IBM unit, which will enable him to punch his selection with an attached stylus...
...letter is dated March 26, but was mailed Wednesday. An insert, pointing to the recent peace overtures in Vietnam, says, "The war remains morally and politically indefensible; the draft is still a terrible reality. We continue to believe that opposition to the draft is an honest and direct response to the choices forced upon each...
Nixon has also maintained recently that the likeliest prospect for peace is to persuade Moscow to bring pressure on Hanoi for a diplomatic settlement. Such leverage, says Nixon, may be the "key to peace"-though Russia of late has shown no inclination whatever to insert the key in the lock. Exactly what inducements Nixon might offer at the bargaining table are unstated. It could hardly be otherwise. Even if the status of the war next year could be predicted, it would be foolish, his aides point out, to get locked into a bargaining position now. "I don't have...
Please pay close attention to "we were anxious to compensate for the fifteen years." You were so sure you could do it that you did not even bother to insert "attempt to compensate." Moreover, fifteen years is a tremendous overstatement. It, too, reflects that inflated opinion of yourself...