Word: checking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...general, the spending process that has grown up in the past 20 years has all but got out of control. Though the Budget Bureau is supposed to run an independent check of all proposed expenditures by Government agencies, it has accorded the Defense Department, the biggest spender of them all, special treatment that results in considerable freedom from stringent review. Congress, with its key military and appropriations committees headed by promilitary Southerners, has occasionally voted more money than the Pentagon requested. When McNamara announced the closing of 80 installations in 1964, he received 169 protests from Congressmen that same...
Starting pitcher Bob Dorwart held B.U. in check for eight innings, allowing only five hits. One of those hits, however, was a third-inning homer by Reggie Rucker with two men aboard that gave the Terriers an early 3-0 lead...
Bradley said he is pressing for a two to three week continuance. He said he expected Harvard students to be released on their own recognizance. Demonstrators are being booked; then they will be interviewed by a probation officer who will check files for past criminal records; then papers will be typed up and arraignment will take place. Trial date, bond, and plea will be recorded at that time. The process will take several hours...
...expenses down. If we get the margin up, people will cut our throats because prices are higher. If we get expenses down, we have to cut services. For instance, we could have a lot of money if we cut back or eliminated our charge account business or our Saturday check-cashing department, but we consider these important services for our members and ones they would not want to see eliminated...
Second, the new, uniform membership application used at all four stores for the first time this year did not adequately identify the various classifications. Many applicants inadvertantly checked the wrong box. Since these mistakes in no way affected billing, they were not discovered until the complete check. "As part of its total review of the election process, the By-Laws Committee is looking into ways of assuring accurate, up-to-date membership lists," Brown promises...