Word: kept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Still, Bucher kept his cool. After all, U.S. planes not infrequently buzz the Soviet trawlers that serve as spy ships, whooshing in at mast level and sometimes shearing off antennas. It was only when one of the Korean PT boats rigged fenders-rubber tubes and rope mats to cushion impact-and began backing toward Pueblo's bow that Bucher realized what was happening; in the bow of the PT boat stood an armed boarding party. "These guys are serious," the skipper radioed his home port, U.S. Navy headquarters in Yokosuka, Japan. "They mean business...
Even before the 1,698 pages got to Congress, events threatened to overtake the budget. The Reserve forces called up cost $10 million a month while on active duty, and if they are kept in that status, the cost reduction of 13,000 mustered-out servicemen predicted by the budget will be canceled out. What further ripples will spread from the U.S.S. Pueblo can only be guessed...
Dunphy: "Vellucci kept on me and the guy from North Cambridge...
...range. In the first half alone he scored 29 points (out of his team's 46), with delicate jump shots and driving, twisting lay-ups. Only the long-distance accuracy of U.C.L.A.'s Lucius Allen, who scored 16 in the first half and 25 in all, kept the Bruins in the game. At half time, the score was Houston 46, U.C.L.A...
Attention has been turning to new proposals because existing federal programs have not been able to provide massive assistance to students. Since almost all of the current measures must rely on Congressional appropriations for funds, they have been kept relatively small--total aid appropriations for this academic year barely reach one billion dollars. One major plan, the guaranteed loan program passed in 1965, was instituted in an effort to turn from government appropriations to private lending agencies, but its performance has disappointed those who saw it as an alternative to endless government grants. High-interest rates in the past...