Word: givens
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Competitive Prod. Ted Kennedy himself has argued for a shift of national priorities away from space and Viet Nam to pressing domestic needs. Given the temper of Congress and the Nixon Administration, and the continuing costs of war, that shift is not likely to happen soon. The very success of Apollo 11 is an augury that the level of space spending may not be cut. The liberals seem out of tune with the majority of middle Americans-at least for now. Middle America does not seem discontented with the present ordering of national values. It elected Richard Nixon and strongly...
...President is obviously the embodiment and leader of these people who have paid their taxes, kept the wheels of the country turning, absorbed ridicule from their children and from college professors without saying much. Nixon has given a voice to the majority that did not know it was a majority. Suddenly a few things seem to be going right. This is encouragement to Nixon; this is what his kind of people can do. There is something to be said for it. There is some praise due all those middle-stratum Americans who do the best they know how, trying...
...home on Squaw Island off Hyannisport. "Only reasons of health," Kennedy said, prevented her from joining him. Mrs. Kennedy is expecting their fourth child around the first of the year, though this was not necessarily the "reason of health." No other wives attended the party, and no reasons were given for their absence...
...Under attack for having accepted an $18,000 private expense fund raised by California supporters, Nixon, the G.O.P. vice-presidential candidate, went on TV to explain and ask for a public verdict. One contribution he would never give up, Nixon said, was his daughters' dog Checkers?hence the name given the speech...
...journalists. The relaxed rule also permits U.S. tourists to buy up to $100 worth of goods manufactured on the Chinese mainland. Substantively, the changes could not be considered as very important. As the U.S. expected, Peking immediately denounced them, though in fairly calm language. Obviously, few Americans will be given entry visas by Peking. While the announcement probably brought joy to the shop owners in Hong Kong, the $100 allowance will have little effect on the economy there or in China (see BUSINESS). But in diplomacy, symbolism is often as valuable as substance. The move betokened American willingness...