Word: impactions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Russian weapon, the fractional orbit bombardment system, (FOBS), travels in an orbital path until it swoops down on a target under the impact of a breaking device. It would be simplicity itself to convert the FOBS into a multi-orbital system...
...behind much of this speculation is that those students who will have to face the draft in June have a vested interest in the war ending immediately. Marshall, on the other hand, found through cross tabulation that a person's draft eligibility in the next three years had "no impact on his opinions." Of course it is possible that seniors appear to be more radical on the war than the majority of Harvard students simply because they have been at Harvard longer than others and have had more time to be socialized by anti-war sentiment rampant on campus. Still...
...Attempt to Embarrass. What the U.S. could lose by a bombing pause, military leaders point out, is the sustained, punishing impact of the daily harassment and destruction of the North's war machine. The University of London's P. J. Honey, an expert on North Viet Nam, believes the North is in dire need of just such a respite. Though no one is predicting the imminent collapse of Ho Chi Minh's regime, the North is obviously under severe strain. In the nearly three years since the bombings began, Honey says, there has been a marked erosion...
George's Afflictions. Ironically, McCarthy's impact on New Hampshire may well result in a better showing for Richard Nixon in his contest with George Romney in the Republican primary. Nixon's strongest support comes from regular Republicans, and he has espoused a consistent hard line on Viet Nam; some independents who might have gone for Romney may now be attracted to McCarthy...
...decisions. There is no question that most decisions within an educational institution profoundly affect students. In fact, though these decisions also affect faculty members, administrators, and even in some senses the institution per se, it is still true that they affect students much more than anyone else. Their impact, moreover, is doubly significant at a residential college such as Harvard...