Word: closer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Viet Nam, Johnson spoke while several of his envoys were still circling the globe as part of the American peace offensive. He made it clear that the peace offensive will continue, while leaving no doubt that the U.S. will stay in Viet Nam. "The enemy is no longer closer to victory," he said. "Time is no longer on his side. There is no cause to doubt the American commitment. The days may become months and the months may become years, but we will stay as long as aggression commands us to battle...
...white lines of a grocery store's parking lot on Sunday, the only day the lot was free of cars. ≫ A woman who had received a parking ticket for leaving her Volkswagen more than twelve inches from the curb. All the nearby larger cars, which were closer to the curb but extended much farther into the street, were not ticketed. ≫ A grocer who was found in contempt of court because he refused to raise the price of milk as ordered by the State Milk Commission. Wrote Kilpatrick: "We would happily award him $500 so that he could...
Most students can agree on two points about the war in Vietnam--that it is a political and military tangle, and that finding solutions for it is not easy. But these points bring us no closer to an understanding of the situation. The first issue of the Dunster Political Review, focused on Vietnam, provides a forum for undergraduate opinion and clarifies some points about the war. It is good to see it takes its place among the other literary, drama, and political publications published at Harvard...
Jack Garrity brought the Crimson a sotch closer at 9:15 of the period with his second score, assisted by Bob Fredo and Don Grimble. Six minutes later, it was Garrity again, scoring after a pass from Smith. McKibbon, who had been allowing less than two goals per game, seemed unable to handle the Crimson shooting...
...simply blocking the light from a distant star that it is eclipsing, Einstein predicted, the nearer star would create a lens-like effect that would actually intensify the image of the eclipsed star, increasing its brightness perhaps more than 1,000 times. The phenomenon would be caused by the closer star's strong gravitational field, which would deflect and focus light from the distant star...