Word: heard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...President, thank the good Lord, has extra glands, I am persuaded, that give him energy that ordinary men simply don't have. He goes to bed late and rises early, and the words I have never heard him say are "I'm tired...
...Lieut. Commander Joseph P. Kerwin, 33, a Navy flight surgeon and jet pilot, has hankered for astronaut's wings for two years, says it took him exactly 1½ seconds to make up his mind when he heard NASA was out shopping...
...years the budget has been balanced only six times. The anti-Keynesian arguments-notably that the system is bound to lead to Government control of the economy, that it can be inflationary, and that indefinite borrowing is impossible without a day of reckoning sooner or later-are still heard, but feebly. As long as the gross national product and the population expand, pro-Keynesians see no reason why Government borrowing should not continue to expand...
Prime Minister Harold Wilson dreamed up the idea of a Commonwealth peacemaking mission while playing croquet at Chequers-and that, it seemed last week, was about as far as the scheme would go. When Communist China heard of the Briton's plan to mediate the war in Viet Nam, Peking declared Wilson was a "nitwit." Then North Viet Nam dismissed the notion as a U.S.-inspired "swindle." Finally, Russian Premier Aleksei Kosygin slammed the door on the Commonwealth mission. "The Soviet government," said he, "has not been authorized by anyone to conduct talks on a settlement in Viet...
...York Stock Exchange last week announced that more Americans than ever-20 million in all, or three times as many as 13 years ago-now own stock. The fact was impressive, but few cheers were heard on Wall Street. Reason: not many of the 20 million seemed to be doing any buying. Confused, uncertain and frequently just plain listless, the stock market drifted down for the sixth straight week, sold off heavily on one day and closed the week with a loss of 24.75 points on the Dow-Jones industrial average. At 854.42, the market had reached its lowest point...