Word: hards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shall have learned to talk somewhat less at cross purposes than in the past, and with better understanding of opposing points of view." Khrushchev, said Herter, had said there was a need for "a common language despite the ideological conflict to which he staunchly adheres. Many will find this hard to believe after the years of baffling doubletalk. Yet I believe that on certain fundamentals we can find a common language because we have a common interest. That interest lies simply in the basic will to survive, shared by free men and Communists alike...
...hard-based Air Force Titan ICBM, originally conceived as a back-up weapon in case of the failure of Atlas, offers little advantage now that Atlas is operational. The Titans programed for U.S. missile defense could be replaced by a beefed-up Atlas production schedule at an immediate saving of $400 million...
Conant's usual answer to questions solely on the American system was that it was "hard to generalize." He was emphatic, however, on the disadvantages of a suggestion by Admiral Hyman G. Rickover that the United States instigate highly-selective, European-style schools, to which only the brightest students would be admitted. Admitting that some of these schools already in existence are very successful, he nevertheless felt that it would be cheaper to repair our current system than...
...hard core" of riders will continue to use public transportation as long as it exists. But are these people worth an annual $18 million subsidy? Right now, the public--for whom the system is supposedly operated and by whom the deficit is paid--lack any effective voice in the operation of the $1 billion transit system. Poor Charlie may yet escape from the tunnels, for under present conditions the MTA cannot expect to operate perpetually...
...getting a long-delayed chance to exercise his considerable talents. Last year at Brown he tried repeatedly to interest Sports Illustrated in Bruin quarterback Frank Finney, only to be told, "It's hard to do business with S.I. at Brown--you ought to be at Harvard or Yale." This fall, he triumphantly wired the magazine: "Well, here...