Word: crediters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Time's role in the operation was strictly financial, Marshall said last night. The company had nothing to do with compiling the 25 questions on the Referendum and requested that no mention be made of the contribution to assure that the student organizers would get full credit...
...Mills may well be irked with the President for another reason as well. Last fall, when Johnson requested his help in passing a bill to suspend a 7% investment credit, Mills asked for a favor in return. "I want you to issue a proclamation proclaiming 'Duck Day' in Stuttgart, Arkansas," he drawled. At first speechless, Johnson finally replied incredulously: "You want me to proclaim 'Duck Day'?' "Yes," insisted Mills. "In Stuttgart, Arkansas." The President said he would. The investment credit was suspended, thanks to Mills's help. But somehow, Duck Day in Stuttgart never...
...country marked the second anniversary of the army coup that overthrew Joseph Kasavubu in 1965, the mercenaries who have plagued it for years were in neighboring Rwanda, waiting with their suitcases and women for a one-way ticket out of Africa. Moreover, President Joseph Mobutu can claim credit for a lot more than driving out the "meres." In his two years of rule, he has laid at least the foundations for a more stable and efficient country...
...thus saving about $1,000,000 a year that would normally be lost to embezzlers. It has fired 40,000 relatives and friends of politicians from the bloated bureaucracy. And, at the urging of international monetary authorities, it has made some basic economic reforms, including a tight rein on credit and devaluation of the Congolese currency...
Their coaches blame this year's scores on the Ivy League's quarterbacks-particularly on their passing skills. Yale's Brian Dowling has 31 completions in 79 attempts for seven touchdowns in five games; Harvard's Ric Zimmerman already has eleven TD passes to his credit compared with seven all last year. Then there is a general inconsistency to contend with. Says Princeton's Coach Dick Colman: "With no spring practice and other things on their minds, our players don't have time to be letter-perfect. On any given day, anything can happen...