Word: departing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...which means that come the final week of June. When most will have been three weeks departed from Cambridge, the linksters will depart for Columbus, Ohio and a rendezvous with the same sand traps and water hazards that once caused Jack Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf a whole lot of grief...and bogeys...
Being visible does not help the scientists' research careers. Other scientists see them, Goodell says, "as a pollution in the scientific community," as publicity grabbers who depart from normal scientific channels to communicate their views. These critics complain that their better publicized colleagues may mislead the public because they often speak outside their area of expertise. Biologist George Wald, a Nobel Laureate and vociferous antiwar spokesman, disagrees. "If the scientist is good," he says, "his field is reality, and that covers an awful lot of ground. I think that the scientist can be that rare, disinterested person who calls...
...failing to fulfill promises, made at the time the Paris accords were signed, to the effect that the U.S. would, in his words, "immediately and vigorously supply South Viet Nam" in the event of a full-scale Communist offensive. Tears flowing down his cheeks, Thieu then announced: "I depart today. I ask my countrymen?the armed forces and religious groups?to forgive me my past mistakes I made while in power. The country and I will be grateful to you. I am very undeserving. I am resigning, but I am not deserting...
...continue to support the principle of free trade?" Leonard Woodcock, president of the United Automobile Workers, is trying to document a suspicion that the Rabbit, at a U.S. sticker price of $2,999, is being sold below cost, which would be grounds for a "dumping" complaint to the Treasury Depart ment. Robert Link, a Datsun executive, says nervously that "we don't really want to sell less, but we sure wish Detroit would sell more," thus taking the spotlight off the importers' prowess...
Unfortunately, instead of addressing such points, the authors depart on flights of exaggeration that turn Global Reach into an overreach. Breathlessly capitalizing nouns, they assert that multinationals are run by World Managers who aim to create a Global Shopping Center or One Great Market. That Global