Word: mid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Congress had been told by members of the Office of Education that it would be difficult to find personnel for the program if officials could not start recruitment until May, but the government moved slowly. Since the Corps is primarily designed for graduating seniors, the result of starting in mid-May is that many potential candidates who would have been best qualified for the program are already committed...
Footwear or Firepower? In mid-April, U.S. officials were surprised to note that Saigon businessmen had ordered 150 tons of Du Pont-made Unicel-100, a powdered compound used in the manufacture of rubber sandals. Oddly, that one shipment was sufficient to make 7.5 million pairs, though last year's production in Viet Nam had been no more than 500,000. Du Pont had warned Government men before that the stuff was also a deadly explosive, and AID officials ordered a Naval Ordnance Laboratory test last month to determine its effectiveness. They were surprised to find that the compound...
...jiggery-pokery have been leveled by other disgruntled locals throughout the 200,000-man international union, notably in New York and Washington, where the hierarchy has been repeatedly enmeshed in legal challenges. Wilson preferred more direct action. A onetime seaman, he first roiled the San Francisco local in the mid-1950s by assailing its leaders' cozy relations with contractors, later ired the painters' Indiana-based Big Brotherhood by merging two Bay Area locals that covered the same territory-a convenient setup for employers who had been able to play off one against the other. Last year a Sacramento...
...Pierre's clothes are perfect for women of any age," clued in the fashion ambassadress, herself wearing a loose-fitting Cardin suit that reached mid-knee. "I just lower the hemline. When you are older you have to work harder to find what's right for your age. Some women do not want to make that effort. Isn't that right, Pierre...
Weiland's other pleasant surprise this season was Bill Coleman, a powerful senior who joined the team at mid-season. Coleman was only one over par yesterday in dispatching the Tigers' number two man on the 14th hole...