Word: chasm
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...ancient Inca city of Cuzc0,11,200 ft. up in the Andes. A howling, Communist-led mob of Indian peasants, descendants of the defeated Incas, greeted him with a barrage of rocks and cries of "To the wall!" Few places in Latin America know a wider chasm between rich and poor, between the white aristocracy and the Indian masses, who, 400 years after the conquest, still live in misery. Though Beltran is an alert and enlightened statesman, his efforts to bring social and economic reform to his country are hampered by centuries of hatred and suspicion...
Though separated by more than the chasm of centuries, avant-garde action painting and old-master drawing share one compelling attraction: the you-are-there appeal of looking over the artist's shoulder while his hand and mind work at top speed. Last week Manhattan got a chance to study the techniques of the masters courtesy of the Italian government, which, to celebrate its centennial of unification, is sponsoring a collection of 154 master drawings by Da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and 82 other Italians. The drawings have already attracted throngs in Washington, Boston and Chicago, and are on final...
This necessarily and grossly oversimplifies Kahn's arguments. For example, he uses phrase "alert our strategic forces," but does so in concrete detail; it is precisely this precision that separates Kahn from many writers who facilely ignore the chasm between conception and reality...
House Speaker Sam Rayburn found himself last week facing a dilemma somewhat akin to that of a gold prospector who spots a huge nugget on the far side of a chasm perhaps too wide to jump across. Splendid would be the reward if he leaped and made it; but then how painful the penalty if he missed. Understandably, Rayburn hesitated at the brink...
...ordinarily pass before they can get to the floor (TIME, Jan. 13). By adding new members Mister Sam could gain a working majority on the committee and clear away a formidable congressional roadblock to the Kennedy Administration's legislative programs. But first Rayburn had to leap across the chasm: a showdown floor vote on his proposal. Defeat would gravely weaken his own prestige, strengthen Smith's and make the Rules Committee an even tougher obstacle than before...