Word: buildings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...L.B.J. Ranch with Australia's Prime Minister John Gorton on hand, the President reiterated that "if Hanoi will take responsive action" to reduce the level of violence, "we are ready to go far and fast with them, and with others, to reduce the violence and to build a stable peace in Southeast Asia...
...salary for the District's 3,100-man police force (23% black) from $6,700 to $8,000 as of July 1. Though Washington already has more police per 1,000 people than any other city in the U.S., local officials hope that the pay raise will help build an even bigger force...
...polls build band wagons? The evidence thus far suggests that they may do just the reverse-as in 1948, when Harry Truman urged the public to "prove the polls wrong." If polls really sway voters, argues Gallup, Dewey would have won. But polls do present other problems. They give an edge to rich candidates, who can afford more and deeper polls than less affluent candidates. Old-line party chieftains worry that the polls have robbed them of some of their previous powers to dictate nominations-though few people would complain about that...
...keep starlight scopes from potential enemies and dedicated Peeping Toms, the Pentagon has so far restricted private sales. But eventually the scopes may be adapted for civilian purposes. Astronomers have already used similar devices to increase the power of their telescopes. With the technology now largely declassified, demand may build up among police, underwater explorers and airline pilots-anyone, in fact, who has a legitimate reason for wanting to see in the dark...
...other parcels of land in the City in addition to the site of the proposed development, which would be built on a 106,000 sq. ft. site now occupied by the Baird Atomic Co. If the ordinance is amended, any developer with 80,000 sq. ft. of land could build a project twice as large as zoning laws now allow. This would create chaos, opponents said...