Word: certain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that overlooks the Potomac River and is surrounded by five wooded acres. The subject was immigration, and as Kennedy flipped through the pages, he read questions he had scrawled in blue ink the night before. He kept asking for obscure facts, almost as if he were probing to make certain that the aides knew what they were talking about. Says...
...part of his strategy, Byrd is demanding that "certain provisions" be included in the Senate resolution approving the treaty. Unlike the "killer" amendments that are being proposed by SALT's critics, Byrd's measures would require no new bargaining with Moscow. But they could eliminate some ambiguities in the treaty that have been troubling a number of Senators. Among other things, Byrd wants the ratifying resolution to state explicitly that Senate approval would be required for any extension, beyond its scheduled expiration at the end of 1981, of the protocol that is to limit such key weapons...
...municipally owned radio station, under orders from Mayor Edward Koch, started broadcasting the names of men convicted of patronizing prostitutes. In Minneapolis, a city noted for its civic probity, some leading citizens were unmasked as sometime Johns. The Minneapolis Star published an expose identifying 13 men who have frequented certain sauna baths and other places of prostitution. Six of them are key public figures who have played a role in shaping or enforcing antiprostitution laws. Others are policemen, including three former members of the vice squad, and their visits were not in the line of duty...
...situation. Horner says it is very hard to compare Harvard and Radcliffe when it comes to federal influence. Horner believes that Radcliffe, because it has a comprehensive knowledge of women's issues, works from a base that is "more than just self-interest." While both institutions have a certain stature, says Horner, Harvard is a major research institution, a "very different ballgame" from Radcliffe, which "commands enormous respect for the quality of its students and the courage it has had." The contrast, as one Capitol Hill staffer says, is in the aura; "When Harvard talks, people are inclined to lend...
...their side. The liberation struggle across Southern Africa 'gains momentum with every new day and each new atrocity committed against freedom by the white-dominated regimes. These regimes and their Western backers can buy time but they cannot buy the hearts and minds of the African people. Victory is certain! --Robert J. Harper II HGSE