Word: knowingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...They placed chalk marks on the lapels of those who needed closer scrutiny: H for heart, L for limp, X for mental defect. With still evident embarrassment, Sophie recalls a distressing moment when a nurse "put her hand under my skirt. She was checking for I don't know what, but she did it to everyone." Then a doctor dipped a buttonhook into an antiseptic solution and used it to flip back the eyelid. The reason: to check for trachoma, a blinding disease that would leave the immigrant an unwanted public charge. Trachoma was the most common medical reason...
...read vast significance into who was placed next to whom at dinners. Meese created a stir at one by sitting next to the wife of former NATO Commander Alexander Haig. But Haig, who was also present, would say nothing, and Meese kept repeating his favorite line: "Those who know aren't talking, and those who are talking don't know...
...Government, their public declarations notwithstanding. John Kennedy thought he knew more about almost anything than his Cabinet. L.BJ. installed himself as king. He ruled on every detail. Richard Nixon ignored domestic matters and in foreign policy bypassed the State Department, which he did not trust. Jimmy Carter never did know where he wanted to go-and neither did his Cabinet...
...know who they are--in fact, you probably make jokes about them. They wear grey sweats all the time, they consume obscene amounts of food, and their distinctly metallic-looking hair is usually wet--in the winter, frozen. I am talking about swimmers, women swimmers in particular...
...midst of a heated debate at Adams House on whether to break the ten-year student boycott of the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities (CRR), one undergraduate wondered out loud, "Does anyone really know what's wrong with CRR?" An awkward silence followed...