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...this could not damage the work he had already done or lessen his world impact, which was, and is, incalculable...
This confusion often tends to lessen the intellectual value of the freshman year, Monro claimed. The five Yard "Houses" would be an attempt to offset this danger by "extending the range of connection between students and faculty...
Chin-ups & Blivits. Like all other SAC operations, the airborne alert routine is fenced by narrow restrictions and standardized procedures. Briefing is held a week prior to scheduled takeoff. On take-off day, other crews run through the three-hour preflight checks on the alert bomber to lessen the fatigue of the crew going on duty. Take-offs are scheduled for around 10 a.m. to allow for a full night's sleep. (The crewmen's physical condition is attested by the fact that they must be able to run a reasonably fast 250-yd. dash and perform five...
...defense policy, the Administration has decided on a buildup of non-nuclear forces to lessen the U.S.'s dependence on nuclear weapons and broaden its range of possible military action in future crises (see Defense), but the buildup is going to proceed pretty slowly. Confronted by an already massive budget. President Kennedy has decided to hold the increase in defense spending to less than $2 billion...
What's more, enlargement of the musical audience has further complicated the conflict between radical and conservative by superimposing upon it the polarization of the popular and the esoteric. Because this new audience has a sizable influence in what is played and recorded, music must lessen the gap between the listener and the innovating composer. But if a musicians wishes to devote even part of his time to this endeavor, he must either abandon extensive experimentation or else lead a schizophrenic musical life in pursuing two lines of composition, "functional" and "absolute...