Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...money has been awarded to individual professors heading projects, and the money has therefore been negotiated on a grant-by-grant basis. But, after the federal spending cuts, NSF set up fund ceilings for each institution--in Harvard's case, $5.395 million--based on the institution's expected allocations minus a certain percentage...
...indecision and hidden prejudice, Gallup has voters mark secret ballots and deposit them in sealed boxes in the last few polls just before election day. The ballot obliges them to make a choice. Equally helpful is the new "intensity question." Using a scale ranging from plus 5 to minus 5, pollsters ask voters to indicate how strongly they feel about candidates and issues. Plus 5 indicates a firm attachment to a candidate; plus 1 suggests that the voter might well swing to the other side. Even in very close contests, pollsters can usually spot the winner by measuring not only...
...Pennsylvania coxswain called the stroke up to a 38-minus. Harvard up from 35 to 38, and up again to 40. Things began to change...
...would only invite leaks. Johnson has repaid Humphrey with the highest of praise both in public and private. "When I look back at what I did when I was Vice President," Johnson told a recent Cabinet meeting, "I'd have to give myself a grade of B or B-minus. But when I think how Hubert Humphrey has performed, I'd have to give him a triple A-plus...
...minus side, the defense has not been up to the standard usually expected of a Harvard team. Coach Shepard is not worried, however, as he thinks that the mistakes are due to his shuffling around of the infield while getting a look at all his players. Yesterday he said that once the team was set, he was sure the fielding would work itself...