Word: briefings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...brief account of marijuana and L.S.D. from the medical side may be useful...
...Crimson's only defeat came at number one, where Bernie Adelsberg lost, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1. The big junior showed brief signs of returning to form before bowing to a steady Amherst sophomore...
Shifting the Burden. David Rockefeller's Chase Manhattan bank, airing its views in its bimonthly "Business in Brief" bulletin, suggested that the nation make it "unmistakably clear that in a crisis" the U.S. would cease selling gold. Such a policy, the bank contended, would help shift to European countries "the burden of decision regarding the defense of the dollar"-a move that
...trouble. The reader is only told, usually as an aside, that Daughter Lily Ashley becomes an opera star, that Daughter Constance Ashley becomes a suffragette, that Son Roger Ashley becomes a great financial success. Wherever the narrative demands a crucial, emotional confrontation, the author turns remote, reverts to brief explorations of life's enduring verities; and the reader is deprived of vital particulars. It is as if, viewing events from Olympus, Wilder sees the marvel of life but not the movement. The people of Coaltown, U.S.A. -Everytown, Universe-love, falter, hate, do good and deal in injustice, and carry...
...brief trip to Vietnam two years ago did nothing to clarify his viewpoint, and he now plans another trip "to take a fresh look." His statements on Vietnam last year were so confusing that he now refrains from commenting, except to say that the U.S. should have taken a longer, harder look before becoming involved; that there are many aspects, including the historical and tactical ones; that he will thoroughly study the situation and voice his opinions at the proper time; that as one who has made no mistakes there, he does not have anything to defend in connection with...