Word: acted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...moves was one that has so far marked-and may come to plague-his Administration. It is his tendency to take cautious half-steps in the hope of appeasing critics who demand leaps, while avoiding angering those who insist that he stand fast. However laudable each small act, this course in the end satisfies no one and it leaves him open to the charge that he cares more about the illusion of action than about substantive change. Without any cooperation from Hanoi, it is difficult to see what else Nixon can do, short of a precipitate withdrawal from Viet...
...boards in November and December, during which 50,000 men had been scheduled to be called. The 29,000 men already set for October induction will be spaced out instead over the final three months of this year. At the same time, Nixon announced that if Congress does not act promptly on proposals for draft reform that he submitted last May, he will institute most of them by executive decree (see box, opposite page...
...Shaw ran well for about three miles, but dropped out when his calf started to act up. Dave Pottetti, who has a slightly tender heel, was not running...
Students possessing firemarnis on campus without written authorization are now subject to prosecution by the court as well as the University. An act passed by the state legislature on June 20 provides punishments of a fine of up to one thousand dollars or imprisonment for up to one year...
...act does not alter the current regulations of Harvard College, which provides for "severe disciplinary action" against any student who possesses explosives, firecrackers, or "potential ingredients thereof" without a special permit from the Dean or a House Master...