Word: straining
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...career officer who has seen combat is in fact much more likely than a civilian juror to understand the strain on the G.I.s at My Lai. Professor Paul Liacos of Boston University Law School believes that Galley's fellow officers may well resist pressures from above to make him a scapegoat. Moreover, says Lia-cos, such men are "usually sophisticated compared with most juries, and it is harder to sway them by emotionalism...
...Andromeda Strain, Crichton...
...twenty-first century: but it's no guided tour. Reading it is like grappling with a huge primary source. You can walk around and hear what the people are saying: Hitripping, Yaginol, muckers, yonderboys, Shalmaneser, Yatakang, Engrelay satelsery. Mr. and Mrs. Everywhere, the shiggie circuit, the Too Much strain . . . whatinole are these people talking about? Nobody's going to tell you, codder. You have to figure...
...quiet car. You can be cruising right along, and suddenly, without scarcely noticing it, you're doing 80 miles an hour. It is heavy, but you can't feel it. You can flow into the drift of a rotary, and the tires will squeal with the strain, which will surprise you. You can't feel the road as much as you can feel the focus of God's movie camera on the smoothness of your existence
...show itself does not show signs of all the strain. The humor is not only more risqué than in years past, it also has raised the Smothers brothers' fallen torch by tackling such heavies as the U.S. military establishment, the ultraright wing, Viet Nam, marriage, homosexuality and organized religion. But what is to become of Laugh-In once the old gang is gone? Newcomers are already being broken in, including a dumb redhead named Pamela Rodgers and an energetic Negro named Teresa Graves. And there's always Rowan and Martin (remember them?). But the magic of their...