Word: half
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...that Nixon is nearly so Oriental as Senator George Aiken, who half seriously suggested that the U.S. end the war by simply declaring itself the victor and pulling out. The ancient Greeks would have understood even that. Wrote Aeschylus: "God is not opposed to deceit in a righteous cause...
Failed Test. Unless the Senate bill is drastically revised in a House-Senate conference, it will provide a tax cut for individual taxpayers of $4 billion next year, minus whatever new revenue comes from tax reforms. Among other Christmas tree ornaments: a 15% boost in Social Security benefits, half again the amount the Administration had approved and without any increase in rates, plus new minimum monthly payments of $100 for single persons and $150 for couples. The new minimums, up from an intolerably low $55 and $82.50, would be paid by deductions from earnings up to $12,000 a year...
...Sovietica. Moscow's major overture was to invite the Western European countries to join the East Bloc in a European Security Conference, which the Russians hope to convene in Helsinki during the first half of 1970. The Soviets say somewhat grudgingly that they have "no objection" to the U.S. and Canada attending. For Moscow, the primary purpose of the conference would be to formalize the status quo in Europe by guaranteeing existing borders. The long-range Soviet goal may well be to convince the Europeans that an American military presence is no longer needed on the Continent and thereby...
...Crimson, without a victory in two starts, will need consistent play-especially in the second half-to top the Terriers. If it can play two halves the way it played the first half against St. John's. Harvard might start its home season with...
During the two-and-a-half-hour meeting. Vogel fielded questions and opinions concerning the split in Soc Rel. Students claimed that the meeting was "patronizing" and "condescending" to them in the light of last Wednesday's decision by Faculty sociologists to make plans for the creation of an independent department...