Word: strife
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...largest urban society. The growth of the cities has been so swift that it has spawned some of the nation's deepest and most pressing problems. Throughout the U.S., the big cities are scarred by slums, hobbled by inadequate mass transportation, starved for sufficient finances, torn by racial strife, half-choked by polluted air. The nation's urban population is expected to double by the beginning of the next century-and so are the cities' problems...
...form of trespass, a new invasion of privacy." The Dickensian poor may have had to make a virtue of propinquity, and the Latin races have historically prized it, but the upper middle classes in the U.S. find unwanted intimacy irritating. Unseen, but all too perfectly heard, are domestic strife (and bliss), digestive strains, telephone bells ("Is it ours or theirs?"), new hi-fis and old TV commercials. Pounding on the wall is no solution: it is all too likely to collapse...
...that President Juan Carlos Ongania's new regime had been recognized by at least 41 other countries, including nine of the 20 members of the Organization of American States. The U.S. also seemed satisfied with the way Ongania was setting about the task of rebuilding the inflation-ridden, strife-torn nation. This week Ongania is expected to announce a series of "directives" spelling out a program of austerity and reform. Reports say they will include a sharp cutback on state employment, special export credits to stimulate foreign trade, more public housing, complete overhaul of Illia's disastrous...
...militaristic national assembly." If Tri Quang's usually pear-shaped tones lost some of their resonance, it was because, for all the week's burnt offerings to the Buddhist cause, Premier Ky still had the upper hand in a nation beginning to weary of pointless civil strife amid a genuine, far more deadly battle for national survival against the Communists...
...since the end of World War II has been the containment of Communism. "We're not out to police the world," he said. "We did nothing in Tibet or Hungary, but we are now in a critical stage for the free world. This is a period of overall strife. Although some people describe Viet Nam as an isolated incident, it is not. It is part of a whole...