Word: less
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...coordinating an attack on our bombers and Minutemen; they would need to deal with our nuclear-armed tactical aircraft; they would need an effective antisubmarine-warfare system; and they would need a widespread ABM system. We find it unlikely that they will achieve any one of these capabilities, much less all of them...
...Critics. Wilkins argued that the N.A.A.C.P. is no less relevant today simply because many of its historic legal battles have been won. The organization is pressing ahead with its own housing program. It has also received a new federal grant of $173,760 to promote development of Negro-owned building-contracting firms. Wilkins pointed out that the N.A.A.C.P. has supplied legal aid to the very campus radicals who charge that the association has lost touch. Said Wilkins: "When they're in trouble, who in hell comes to their rescue but the good old N.A.A.C.P.?" Convention resolutions backed such traditional...
...talk with local counterparts in fields as diverse as exports and hospitals, the Governor huddled in secret with antigovernment students. It was a caustic session. The students told Rocky that they had no use for their government or for the U.S. More meetings and a reception; then, less than 36 hours after he had arrived, Rocky was off at 5 a.m., headed for Haiti-and more of the same. What did the Governor think of Argentina, a newsman asked just before the plane left. "I'll tell President Nixon," grinned Rocky...
...class, equipped with some technical skills, interested in efficiency and growth. Often he thinks he can run his country better than the sons of the oligarchs, and sometimes he can. In any case, his loyalty is likely to be directly to his country rather than his class; he is less likely to intervene in politics merely to do the oligarchy's bidding and then quietly retire. The Church in Latin America is changing. While Rome still prohibits birth control, thereby encouraging the fecundity that is one of the continent's biggest obstacles to economic progress, many young priests...
...trouble was, says Veeck, "baseball was becoming boring. More games, more clubs, less talent and duller stretches than ever before." He opted for horse racing because "nine times a day you have something exciting happening. That's something most ball clubs can't guarantee these days." Win or lose, he says, "we promise that the fan will have a little fun." Even more, once Veeck gets around to installing the steam calliope that he recently bought...