Word: lowing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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President Nixon pointed to the current low U.S. casualty rate as a sign that the war was winding down. In Saigon last week, the U.S. command reported that October's total of 409 battle deaths was the lowest monthly toll since 1966. Nixon stressed that a low "level of enemy activity" must accompany U.S. withdrawal. Even as he spoke, the enemy stepped up its activities in what U.S. officers described as the beginning of the winter offensive. Communist units launched scattered attacks, and Saigon's defenses were hit for the first time since September...
...transportation that such vehicles promise will be somewhat delayed. The one obstacle that keeps the electric car little more than a conversation piece and unable to compete with conventional automobiles is not the motor but the battery. As many as 16 expensive, low-energy-density batteries are needed to make an electric car go. Together they weigh the car down and completely fill what is now trunk space. More serious, no electric car can cruise much farther than 80 miles or longer than a few hours without having to stop to be recharged...
...elected. The quota is set by dividing the total number of votes cast by the number of seats to be filled plus one. Then, add one vote to the quotient and there's the quota. The idea behind sitting the quota at this level is to make it low enough for candidates supported by a minority group to get elected, and high enough to make the elections more than a matter of chance...
...care," he told Latin America. "I care." The President could hardly have said less. But how much did he care? And in what ways? Nixon expressed his concern rather quietly, in the form of a sedate and pragmatic U.S. approach to relations with its neighbors. Businesslike and low-keyed, his proposals were a far cry-and, some felt, a refreshingly realistic departure-from the soaring vision of John Kennedy's Alliance or the "Decade of Urgency" that Lyndon Johnson proclaimed at the conference of hemisphere Presidents in Punta del Este, Uruguay, more than two years...
...Education, finished in the first three places in the initial count with totals of 3012 votes, 3000 votes, and 2731 votes, respectively. The three are expected to have little trouble gaining the 3532 votes needed for election as the Election Commission goes through the complex process of eliminating low-ranking candidates, re-distributing their ballots to "number two" candidates, until six of the candidates have met the quota...