Word: impracticall
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It was Ambrose Bierce, the 19th century author and iconoclast, who defined marriage as a "community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two." In the past few years that community has come under increasing attack from feminists who feel that the traditional marriage has...
Need for Imports. Although Price Commission Chairman C. Jackson Grayson last week expressed concern that the jump in meat prices would hurt public confidence in Phase II controls, there is not much that he can do to stop it. Like other raw agricultural products, livestock is exempt from price control...
The practical necessities of change v. impractical, even sentimental preservation is ever a difficult question. But at some point Chicago, like the rest of the nation, is going to have to decide that its vintage artifacts of genius are not disposable like emptied cans or old tires.
Soviet Approach. Most countries are trying to solve the problem by training more doctors. But, says Gordon, such efforts are both inadequate and impractical; population is increasing faster than doctors can be educated. Therefore Gordon supports the approach that has already been tried and found successful in the Soviet Union...
Repugnant. Far more is at stake, both for the nation and for Richard Nixon's re-election prospects, than a disagreement over the best psychological approach toward the economy. Nixon's insistence that the danger signs can be ignored, that no firmer action is needed to reduce unemployment...