Word: bill
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...inept as he was intemperate. Running against Fulbright's opposition to the Viet Nam war, Johnson branded the Senator a traitor and a coward. So virulent was Johnson's campaign that Arkansas Negroes, though well aware that Fulbright has never voted for a major civil rights bill, had nowhere else...
...absolute need for a major discovery in order to have commercial significance." Atlantic Richfield thought about writing off the area too. On their 90,000 acres of leased land, the first well drilled, called Susie No, 1, turned out to be so expensive a lady that the bill was $4,000,000 before she proved...
...same area, President Johnson last week signed a bill that expands the SEC's powers over disclosure. The SEC is concerned about the rapid increase in the number of cash tender offers being made to shareholders. There were 100 such acquisition offers in 1966 v. only eight in 1960. To make sure that they are legitimately and fairly made, the new law provides that anyone who wants to buy 10% or more of a company's stock must immediately identify himself and give a complete accounting of his negotiations and intentions. "Everybody is so scared...
...Interstate shipment of handguns to individuals and their over-the-counter sale to out-of-staters had already been prohibited in the previously passed omnibus crime bill...
Some day, perhaps, the air will be fully automated, a three-dimensional slot car track with computer-controlled aircraft shuffling around the sky without crowding or possible human error. Meanwhile, the Senate last week passed a bill exempting the FAA from blanket manpower cuts, enabling the agency to hire 3,627 more air controllers at a cost of $145 million. Once hired, they will take two years to train...