Word: inferiority
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Navy has eight or nine operating AGERS (meaning Auxiliary General Electronics Research ships) similar to Pueblo, but it is unlikely that any are now cruising the hostile waters off North Korea. While these vessels are considered inferior to the EC-121s for electronic surveillance-the planes can pick up high-angle radar beams more easily than the ships-the AGERS are more versatile. They monitor radio broadcasts, collect water samples needed to develop sonar penetration methods, track Soviet submarines, and observe and photograph surface shipping...
...Stains. The three companies and the executives are appealing the decision. They point out that the price of bathtubs, for example, fell from $49.59 to $40 during the first year that the so-called conspiracy was in operation. Further, they contend that the lines dropped from production were inferior products that could be stained by modern detergents and no longer met standards set by the Department of Commerce...
...grammatically wrong," says Taylor. He relishes the effect when he tells students that such speech forms come directly from the language of their West African forefathers and are not a corruption of European usage: "Suddenly this causes the black students to feel that their language isn't so inferior after all. This is psychologically important -the black doesn't have to feel he is stupid...
...inferior public school system is the greatest single problem facing all of us in this region," the president of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company said. Other businessmen quietly looked over reports showing that Cleveland's industrial growth rate was suffering in comparison with cities that had revamped their schools...
Last week President Nixon reiterated his position that Safeguard is essential to keep the U.S. from "falling into a sec ond-class or inferior position vis-à-vis the Soviet Union." Nixon warned his ABM adversaries: "I am going to fight as hard...