Word: nits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...strict Anglo-Catholic towards the end of Lent," or on the "modern habit of some writers who describe lovemaking in detail. . .It is something that future generations will look back on as we do on things like the death of Little Nell." He discussed hop pickers in Kent; nit pickers in the academic world of Oxbridge; the habits of male prostitutes in Trafalgar Square and intellectual prostitutes in the BBC's Portland Place. Down and Way Out. By all the laws of bloodlines and training, George Orwell should have been a Blimp. Born Eric Blair, into a military-official...
Laird's plan is a Negative Income Tax, which is not necessarily equivalent to a guaranteed minimum income. With NIT, the government makes up a certain proportion of the difference between a person's earned income and a set base figure. Laird's bill sets the base at $3000 and the proportion at one-half. In a sense, this NIT does guarantee a minimum income of $1500, but for NIT to be a guaranteed minimum income in the proper sense of the word, it should make up the full difference between the income and the base figure. By making...
...another NIT quarter-final game, favored Kansas tripped Villanova...
Dean Watson explained last night that the NIT is not included on the "white list" of events and championships deemed "in the Ivy League tradition" by the league's athletic directors. Teams may compete only in national championships or in sanctioned events like the Heptagonals and Oxford-Cambridge track meets...
Watson said that the athletic directors could decide to put the NIT on the "white list," but that their move would be subject to the approval of the league presidents. He said the tournament--an invitational affair--reminded him of post-season football bowl games which are never approved...