Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Concurrent Dangers. The international problems awaiting Nixon range from reform of the world monetary system, shaken three times in the past year, to the concurrent dangers of Balkanization and military hegemony in Africa. And most demand quick attention. Among them...
Seven-Week Stall. Once the modalities are arranged, the negotiators will enter an even thicker diplomatic jungle. General Creighton Abrams, the U.S. commander in Viet Nam, expects Hanoi to start right off with a demand for a cease-fire in place-a move opposed by most policymakers in Washington and Saigon because it would leave the Viet Cong in control of too much territory. Others foresee serious talks on a mutual troop withdrawal...
Coal miners have a right to live, to breathe, and to be protected by 20th century safety standards. The nation must rise up and demand that strong and effective mine-safety legislation be passed by Congress...
When they met last week, the family Deputies announced firmly that they "reserve the right to meet outside the Palace of the Cortes whenever their interests demand." Their defiance leaves the next move to the Franco government, and almost anything the regime does is likely to have unpleasant consequences. Having all but hand-picked the defiant Deputies, the generalissimo can hardly slap them en masse behind bars-or expect to find more compliant replacements for them. On the other hand, if "this attempt to help bring about a varying of opinion and the democratic evolution of the country...
...ROTC Vitalization Act of 1964, which is the basis of the present ROTC program, specifically requires that ROTC units be granted full departmental status, that their courses be given "appropriate academic credit." The Pentagon is not empowered to create new types of ROTC programs, and if Harvard were to demand a radical restructuring of the ROTC units here, it would be told to put up with the present system (perhaps with very minor changes) or else to get out of ROTC altogether. If this were to occur--as it probably would--would the supporters of the HUC-SFAC proposals continue...