Word: gap
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...funds, often unwittingly, through dummy foundations-were orphaned in the wake of the Ramparts magazine expose of the CIA's connection with the National Student Association. This led to the appointment of a presidential commission, headed by Under Secretary of State Nicholas Katzenbach, to figure out how the gap left by the CIA should be filled. Ever since, new information about the CIA's past activities has continued to surface. Last week Thomas Wardell Braden, 49, a politically ambitious former California newspaper publisher who served with the CIA between 1950 and 1954, added further details. In an article...
Thirty made it through the gate at the north end of the Yard, and an equal number squeezed through a gap in the fence at the corner of Mower after the gate was closed. When they got to the Commons, the freshmen didn't know what to do, so they yelled, ran, and played hide-and-go-seek with the police. Bursars cards were taken, and the would-be rioters skulked back into the Yard through the hole near Mower...
...fourth-place finish for the Crimson lightweight varsity was a stunning disappointment. Cornell started well and took a three-seat lead almost immediately. Rowing the body of the race at 35, Harvard was expecting to close the gap. Cornell settled to 33 for the first 500 meters, and then went...
...while Penn maintained a cadence of 36-37. Cornell also stroked at 32. At 1000 meters it was Penn by three seats over Harvard. The sprint began. Cornell up to 35, and the Crimson finally mustering a closing 38. It was not enough to narrow the three-quarters length gap that separated Harvard from the winning Quakers, but it was almost enough to catch Cornell, which finished two seats ahead to place second...
Another of the committee's proposals is aimed at lessening the gap between students who major in Classics and those who major in either Latin or Greek. At present Classics majors have to take general examinations in both Latin and Greek while the single-language majors lave to take generals in only one. The HPC wants to make translation passages in both languages mandatory...