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...were sidetracked that night. We never made it to all those other places that probably have their heads screwed on so much better. But this place was just too amazing. And there were those wharves to contend with, just to get back to South Station. I mean, we mighta got jobbed. Boogie boogie boogie boogie...
...helicopter known as UTTAS (Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System). In December the Army announced the winner: Sikorsky of Stratford, Conn., which stands to reap perhaps $4 billion in sales over the next ten years. The loser, Boeing Vertol in Ridley Township, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia, must now contend with doubts about its survival as a primary aircraft maker. To gauge the impact of the biggest helicopter award in 20 years, TIME Correspondent Eileen Shields visited both plants. Her report...
...Harvard's Board of Overseers, were writing that education destroyed women's femininity physically as well as socially. Educated women, he wrote, "graduated from school or college excellent scholars, but with undeveloped ovaries. Later they married, and were sterile." The founders of the women's colleges had to contend with the widespread belief that women were too weak for education. Ultimately, their only defense in the hostile climate seemed to be to make it clear that these promoters of women's education were not attacking the very foundations of their society. They were forced to insure that their graduates were...
...most sharply debated aspect of the program is whether a rebate will increase demand enough to boost the economy substantially. Critics contend that it will require a big permanent reduction in individual income taxes, not a mere $50 per person, to persuade consumers to buy big-ticket items such as major household appliances, cars and houses. Government economists insist that the rebates should be enough to boost demand, lift production and put more people to work. Moreover, the rebate has the advantage of being temporary, and the Administration has no intention of permanently losing current tax revenue that could later...
...opposition will have difficulty disputing this claim and may be reduced to campaigning chiefly against a repressive rule that is now, after all, largely suspended. Moreover, Morarji Desai and his fellow challengers must contend with the fact that the governing Congress Party has won every national election since India became independent in 1947. One of the main reasons for this consistent success has been that the opposition parties have long been victimized by ideological differences and widespread disunity. This time the opposition will be further handicapped by a lack of funds and the disarray in its grassroots organizations caused...