Word: clear
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...been my privilege to have with you." U.S. foreign policy experts responded cautiously to De Gaulle's debacle. "We've got a whole new ball game," said one, but nobody is yet certain of the game's exact rules. One thing at least is clear: De Gaulle's resignation will not automatically produce fundamental or necessarily rapid change...
Testifying before a congressional subcommittee, Air Force Colonel Kenneth N. Beckman, the officer in charge of the C-5A contract, said that in mid-1968 it became clear that Lockheed's original cost estimate of $2.9 billion for 120 C-5As was too low. The Air Force raised the estimate to $3.1 billion, then raised it again to $3.4 billion to reflect a change in specifications. The actual cost has been nearly $1 billion more than the highest estimate. Yet Colonel Beckman said two of his civilian superiors in the Pentagon approved a juggling of the cost reports...
...State Factor. Congress' sudden sympathy for reform reflects that growing public desire for a change. What shape a proposed amendment will finally take is not yet clear, however. Besides the House Judiciary Committee's plan for a direct election, there are also schemes to retain electoral votes in some form. One such plan would divide each state's electoral votes among the candidates according to the popular-vote breakdown. Another would elect members of the Electoral College by local districts...
...Clear Alternative...
Andover, able to clear quite well most of the game, took many more shots than the Crimson. Smith came up with 23 saves...