Word: halt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...other hand there have been clear indications in the last week that a bombing halt would be productive. The North Vietnamese clarified their January position on negotiations--if the bombing stopped negotiation could start within three weeks. U Thant returned from his trip to Southeast Asia with the same message--a U.S. bombing halt remains the prerequisite for any end to the conflict...
...were having to go in armed convoys. And half of the offices hadn't reopened yet. This huge war machine--you've got no idea how big it is until you see it--this huge war effort of civilian and military personnel in Saigon had ground to a halt for over a week...
...DRAFT The Lame, the Halt, THe Blind & the Female A long-standing criticism of the Selective Service System is that it unduly favors the college student, who can almost always escape military service if he stays in school long enough-and thereafter is usually qualified to enter a draft-proof profession. In response to such complaints, Congress last June knocked out deferments for nearly all graduate students, excepting only those going into medicine, dentistry and related fields, as well as the ministry...
Nathan Pusey, would leave only "the lame, the halt, the blind and the female" in next fall's first-year classes...
...Pakistanis demonstrated in London against what they called the government's failure to redress the grievances of the Pakistani community. Much of their bitterness is justified. Colored doctors and nurses are a mainstay of Britain's nationalized medicine, and bus services throughout Britain would grind to a halt without colored crews. No matter. Home Secretary James Callaghan, pressured by public opinion, told Parliament that the government will legislate against the loopholes in Britain's immigration laws...