Word: seems
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Less Privacy, More Urgency. In his talks with the leaders of the nations he visited, the President aimed at no t-crossing, i-dotting agreements. None were needed. Reported New York Timesman Paul Grimes from New Delhi after Ike's departure: "It did not seem to matter much whether Mr. Nehru had actually requested or been given a guarantee that the U.S. would help India to meet further Chinese Communist aggression. What mattered was the obvious strengthening of Indian-American friendship to a point where no such guarantee was necessary." In 1960, Dwight Eisenhower's last year in office...
...Baptist church children's choir. She pretty well ignores her handicap and so do her teachers. Says her father: "It gives you a terrific boost when your kid comes home with a report card that you know is an honest report card." So normal does Pamela seem to her classmates that one crew-cut lad pays her the ultimate compliment of an eternal complaint: "Her? Oh, she's just one of those noisy girls...
Kricke's method is to sculpt with lines, which are his tubes. As he composes them, the tubes do not seem to outline shapes; they remain lines, as in handwriting or neon. "Never, never," Kricke vows, "will I use lines as a limiting element!" The eye follows Kricke's lines as if they were intertwining jets of water, now fast, now slow, and changing with each new viewpoint, or starting place. The effect on the viewer can be as exhilarating as that of negotiating a parkway cloverleaf at maximum speed, or of flashing through a night-blazing city...