Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Some in Congress believe that Nixon is making a deliberate effort to dissociate himself from the wheeler-dealer image of L.B.J. If so, the President could not have made the point more dramatically than he did during the final hours of Senate debate last week. On the Senate floor, a page slipped up to Delaware's John Williams, one of the very few Senators who had not announced a position on Safeguard. "Senator," the page stage-whispered, "the President is on the telephone." The ABM opponents concluded that Nixon was applying last-minute pressure to win a wavering vote...
...Communist countries." The Kremlin, of course, justified its invasion of Czechoslovakia by claiming such threats existed there. And Katushev left little doubt that the Soviets would intervene elsewhere in Eastern Europe for the same reason. Quoting a recent article by Brezhnev, he said: "Our party will spare no effort in order to strengthen the cohesion of the Communist movement and will carry out its international duty...
...neighbor for a recommendation. This doctor is roughly 15 years older than Bynder, whereas the first two were close to his own age-and therefore might have been trying to maintain their authority by keeping their distance. Most important, says Bynder, his present Colorado doctor "takes the time and effort to explain things to me. He doesn't talk down to me. So I have confidence...
...hard to keep up. "Many older men feel that techniques have passed them by," says Dr. Russell Cansler, director of placement at North western's Graduate School of Business Administration. "They see promotions and raises they want going to men ten or 15 years their junior." In an effort to acquire the new computer-oriented management skills that are being so highly rewarded, older executives are enrolling in business school. More than one-third of the students in Northwestern's graduate business school night courses are men over...
Engineers at Los Angeles' McCulloch Corp. believe that they may have found a solution. In an effort to improve McCulloch's portable electric-starting chain saw, they developed a new method of recharging ordinary nickel-cadmium batteries - the same as those used in transistor radios, electric toothbrushes and other household appliances. Ordinarily, it takes as long as twelve to 15 hours to recharge such batteries from wall out lets. With their system, say the McCulloch engineers, the job can be done in ten to 15 minutes...