Word: doubtfully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...prestige. But the competition has shifted in emphasis in the 51 years since the Apollo program began. At the start, speed was all-important. The Russians were already boasting to wavering nations that their space firsts demonstrated the superiority of the Communist way of life. And there was little doubt of the impact of their argument. Everywhere, everyone capable of understanding the significance of the Russian achievement recognized the impressive technological, industrial and scientific skills that lay behind it. Intuitively, people sensed the national purpose that produced the Russian program. Physicist Edward Teller used a sure, fund-winning tactic when...
...other circumstances, the Howard speech and even the report might have served to give direction to this developing attitude. Yet just the opposite, occurred. The reasons are no doubt many, but an important one seems to have been the war in Vietnam. The political Left that had been associated with and indeed was part of the movement now began turning on the President and all his works. Thus, Ramparts published an editorial written by Marcus Raskin, evincing great concern that I seemed to think more Negroes should be in the armed forces (I do); and indicting me further...
...back on many Great Society programs, asked $3 billion less overall than previous congressional authorization schedules had envisioned. But his proposal for a 6% surcharge on personal and corporate income taxes, amounting to $4 billion plus, faces serious challenge. If it fails, the real deficit will grow. Also in doubt is his plan to sell another $5 billion in "participation certificates"-shares in Government-held mortgages and other obligations. To many members of Congress, this is a gimmick to hold down the budget size. And there is no assurance that the private market can absorb this amount without contributing...
...Brennan, "to say that the statute would not be applied in such a case." The law is plagued by such vagueness, he concluded, and constitutes a "regulatory maze" in which a teacher would rightly be uncertain of just what he could and could not do. "There can be no doubt of the legitimacy of New York's interest in protecting its educational system from subversion," but its law has not been defined narrowly enough and therefore infringes too heavily on the First Amendment guarantee of free speech...
...suppose that he can use the leaders to show how doubters may be converted to believers with a balanced dose of expertise and banality. His most recent response to their questions was almost pathetic in its reliance on worn-out shells of ideas. There may be "no shadow of doubt" in the Secretary's mind about our present policy; but his vague recitation of the perils of Munich, the binding legality of our Treaty commitments and the duplicity of the Viet Cong will not answer the serious questions of these students...