Word: failed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...which will replace the less accurate and less powerful Polaris birds in the tubes of most of the 41 nuclear submarines. A contingency fund of $377 million is earmarked for initial production and deployment of antiballistic missiles in the event that negotiations with the Russians to bar such weapons fail. Thus, large as it is, the defense budget represents an attempt to hold the line on military spending-an attempt that is certain to be challenged by the 90th Congress...
adding that Britain and France have the challenging duty of leading a generation impatient of the mumblings bumblings and fumblings of what has too often passed for statesmanship." f we do fail to gain admission," Wilson warned, "the fault will not lie at Britain s door. History will condemn beyond any power of ours to defend or excuse, the failure to seize what so many of us can clearly see is now a swirling, urgent tide in man's affairs...
...concur with your selection of Man of the Year, but as the mother of two of them I can't help being frightened. I fail to see much real altruism or idealism in my children or their friends. I see, rather, a perverted, sentimental self-centeredness. They may castigate us for money-and success-grubbing, but their attitude is, "Just go right on grubbing and keep that money flowing, old drudges, because we are too fine and sensitive to drudge or do without...
...rationale of some of these club chairmen is interesting. "It is tough to fail to get into a club you really want," said Colonial's Oliver A. Victor. "But there are many people who really wanted to get into Princeton and didn't make it. I really do not see a great difference in the two problems, and I believe this is part of the current competitive process in Twentieth Century America...
...Tomorrow: A timid administration, a fanatic alumni, and a complacent student body caused this year's Bicker revolt to fail, and could keep Princeton's peculiar anachronism around for a long, long time...