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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dictum. His first rule when making a forecast is: Give either a number or a date, but never both. His second rule is: Never underestimate the power of a platitude. His third rule is: When the President asks you a question, remember that he doesn't know the answer either...
Many planners had questioned whether voters would actually pay to protect their environment. The answer now seems to be yes-at least if water pollution is involved. Maine's tightfisted voters, for instance, approved a $50 million bond issue to build better municipal sewage-treatment plants, but turned down a $21.5 million issue to build more highways. In New Jersey, a $271 million bond issue to launch a massive clean-water program passed easily...
...Government has lots of ways of forcing businessmen to act as it prefers. But does that mean that it really contributes to controlling inflation? Is there any reason to believe that less total spending will occur as a result of reducing any particular price in the economy? My answer is no. If we spend less in one area, we are likely to spend more in another area...
...Answer: Humphrey Bogart (The Big Sleep); Dick Powell (Murder My Sweet); Robert Montgomery (The Lady in the Lake); George Montgomery (The Brasher Doubloon...
...bashed in the head. "I didn't come here to do this." one boy announced before surrendering his front-line position. A paratrooper immediately moved up and filled his space. "Is it worth it?" one boy asked after his girlfriend had been abducted-no one had an answer...