Word: latelies
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...year reign as Defense Secretary, Robert Strange McNamara has done more than enshrine the computer in government. More significantly, he has also cemented civilian control over the Pentagon, an achievement that notably eluded his seven predecessors. Though he is still the unchallenged master of his mighty domain, McNamara of late has found himself increasingly and unmistakably at odds with Earle Gilmore ("Bus") Wheeler, the urbanely outspoken Army general who, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since 1964, has brought that post to maturity...
...Reagan and Senator Thomas Kuchel are both Republicans, but the similarity ends there. They have been ideologically estranged and on opposite sides of party fights for years. Thus Reagan's election in 1966 seemed like a requiescat for Kuchel, who seeks his third full term next year. Of late, however, pressed by party leaders, the antagonists have been quietly learning to live and let live...
Only two top teams get to compete in the North American Intercollegiate Sailing Championships at Long Beach, Calif. late in June. There is a chance, however, that the Coast Guard will not be able to raise the money for the trip -- in which case Harvard would make the trip...
...then it was too late. The police had closed the Mass Ave gate nearest the Cliffe and with the help of freshman proctors succeeded in dispersing the crowd...
...face of actual revolt, to wisdom again in Brecht's recognition of his folly. But the last reaction is brief, for just as Brecht has sympathized with something that is over -- as much a part of history as Shakespeare and Coriolanus -- the audience has achieved its wisdom too late, and will have trouble holding onto it outside the theatre...