Word: equalize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with the biggest Vietnamese colony outside of Southeast Asia and no fewer than 150 Vietnamese restaurants, is definitely pro-Hanoi. In an early draft of his statement on the talks, Johnson betrayed some apprehension about how the French would act when he said that he hoped they would grant equal treatment to all parties. The final draft described France as a country "where all parties should expect such treatment." Despite Johnson's mild concern, however, the choice of Paris over Warsaw was a vindication of his insistence on a compatible site...
...political analyst Richard Scammon pointed out this evening that all three Democratic contenders ran about equal if one subtracts Kennedy's massive Negro vote. Thus, Scammon reasoned, Kennedy still must prove his ability to gather a majority of white voters before the Democratic party will award him the nomination...
...decimal system by introducing the first two new coins, the 5-new-pence piece and the 10-new-pence piece. After more than four centuries of a cumbersome system based on pounds, shillings and pence-12 pence to the shilling, 20 shillings to the pound-the pound will equal 100 new pennies under the new system. Both new coins are equal in value to certain old ones: 5 new pence equals an old shilling and 10 new pence has the value of a 2-shilling piece (a florin). They are, however, the only two coins that are interchangeable...
...whole, though, the company has been directed to play that text for all it is worth, and most of the principals are equal to the task. As an ensemble, they share only one common fault, perhaps an inevitable consequence of the production's drive for lucidity: at one time or another, most of the actors show a tendency to declaim rather than converse. As a result, the overall pacing of dialogue is sometimes slowed, and an occasional moment of insight or laughter is dimmed by pretentious delivery. Far more often, however, the line readings succeed in translating Shaw's stylized...
Meanwhile, more violence erupted between police and students. Three students suffered head lacerations after a clash with police inside the university gates. Thirty police and an equal number of students were involved in the melee, according to the Associated Press...