Word: midpoints
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...season approaches midpoint, there are the Dodgers leading the league by 2½ games...
Some were newcomers in U.S. statehouses. Others were returning to their old desks after reelection. And some were at critical midpoint in their administrations. In many ways, the problems faced by U.S. Governors were as varied as their states, but at least three common dilemmas cropped up with telling frequency: 1) hostile legislatures dominated by the opposition party; 2) the politically uncomfortable necessity of increasing taxes to balance burgeoning state budgets and 3) Supreme Court demands that state legislatures be reapportioned under the one-man-one-vote principle. Items...
...past, Connor has argued against the Johnson Administration's effort in current Geneva negotiations to reduce tariff barriers across the board by 50% . Last week, after his appointment to the Cabinet was announced, he was still reluctant to back down. Said he: "I consider myself at the midpoint between a strict protectionist and an all-out free trader. I am against arbitrary 50% tariff cuts across the board for U.S. manufactured goods. Each reduction should also be made on a reciprocal basis with foreign competitors...
...team has run away with the game. Last week U.C.L.A. took on its cross-town rival, Southern Cal, dawdled long enough to let the Trojans build up an early lead, then turned on the pressure and romped to a casual 79-59 victory. At the season's midpoint, the Bruins were the nation's No. 1 team and the year's biggest surprise...
...Having been chosen for his brawn and skill to manage the span of affectionate but spirited Arabian horses, this charioteer, who also drives an automobile, chose in turn to wear his driver's license, a white celluloid button, usually worn on coat lapel, pinned to his fillet at midpoint of his forehead where, as it glanced and gleamed in the sunlight, the spurious interpolation was doubtless supposed by the audience to be some antique jewel of fabulous value...