Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...speech Johnson described the bombing pause as a genuine attempt to save lives and to reduce the level of hostilities along the lines he laid down last Sept. 29 in his San Antonio speech. The heart of the San Antonio formula was this statement: "The United States is willing to stop all aerial and naval bombardment of North Viet Nam when this will lead promptly to productive discussion. We, of course, assume that while discussions proceed, North Viet Nam would not take advantage of the bombing cessation or limitation...
...gunners had downed the first F-l 11 lost, but there were some indications that it may have crashed somewhere on the way to its target over the southern, or panhandle, part of North Viet Nam. U.S. pilots speculated that the F-l 11, which sweeps in at treetop level on bombing runs, may have run into a hill or mountain. Not surprisingly, the Air Force slapped on a tight security blackout. Since the plane is crammed with the very latest navigational and other electronic gear, the U.S. did not want to let the enemy know whether it fell over...
Tense Trio. His latest drifting drama The Seven Descents of Myrtle, is middling-quality Williams at about the level of Period of Adjustment. The three characters who constitute the cast are scarcely well adjusted. Lot (Brian Bedford) has come home to the Delta to claim the decayed house and rich land bequeathed to him by his mother. He brings with him his two-day bride, a jittery ex-showgirl named Myrtle (Estelle Parsons), without having told her that they will confront his half brother Chicken (Harry Guardino). He is partially of Negro blood, and has lived in the house...
Whenever the cost of borrowing swings to extreme highs or lows, financiers regard it as a signal of national ill-health. Last week interest rates for long-term securities climbed to a level that clearly meant economic fever...
...bringing the various wings of graduate study to the undergraduate level, the Department effectively eliminated its four Areas of undergraduate study. No distribution among them will be required after this year...