Word: narrowness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Jackson nonetheless appealed to the Supreme Court, which last June handed down a landmark decision (Jackson v. Denno) voiding the New York procedure as unconstitutional. "The New York jury returns only a general verdict upon the ultimate question of guilt or innocence," said Justice Byron White, speaking for a narrow 5-to-4 majority. "It is impossible to discover whether the jury found the confession voluntary and relied upon it, or involuntary and supposedly ignored...
President Johnson's request for the smallest foreign aid budget ever - $3.38 billion - was clearly influenced by the necessity of stemming the U.S. gold outflow and payments deficit. The Government planned several other measures to narrow the payments gap. The Treasury's new Under Secretary, Fred Deming, said that his department might place a tax on U.S. bank loans abroad, which amounted to between $2 billion and $2.5 billion last year. The Treasury will also begin to sell an additional $100 million weekly in short-term securities, offering higher interest rates to attract buyers; by thus edging...
What Has the U.S. Done to Narrow the Deficit...
With the new Haystack antenna that can project a narrow beam of 8,000-megacycle, 1.5-inch microwaves that behave just like light. Dr. Shapiro plans to follow the planet Venus around its orbit, accurately measuring the time that the microwaves take to reach their target and bounce back. While Venus is well away from the sun, that time can be translated into the planet's calculated distance on its well-known orbit. But as Venus begins to swing behind the sun, the microwaves will pass through the strongest part of the sun's gravitational field. If Einstein...
Webb makes no apologies for its narrow specialization or rigor. Undergraduates seem to thrive on the combination. A spartan student government has banned beards, liquor on campus, and visits by girls to dorms. Student courts can penalize a student for coming late to class or expel him for cheating on the honor system. "Most of us realize what a tremendous gift this is," says Senior Karl L. Kirkman of Catonsville, Md. "We would hate to have it spoiled for the next...