Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...poor way to prepare for this week's lunar New Year's holiday. Catholic leaders, aided by students and opposition politicians, denounced South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu as an "enemy of peace." Proclaimed their "indictment," which was reprinted in several Saigon newspapers: "It is impossible to obtain peace with Thieu, because he is a product of war, was nurtured on it and survived with it." The President's response was swift and predictable. The Saigon government confiscated nine newspapers and censored a tenth; five of the papers were closed down indefinitely, and 21 journalists and publishers...
...protagonist was unrecognizable. When, for instance, Lana Turner anticipated marrying him, she had all her sheets monogrammed HH; Hughes turned her down with "marry Huntington Hartford." A more sinister Hughes emerged from Film Maker Ron Lyon's experience. He had reckoned without his subject. When Lyon tried to obtain newsreel clips of Hughes, the only ones available were of him smiling and waving. Then the insurance company, doubtless aware of Hughes' litigious nature, insisted that most of the critical remarks be cut. But undaunted, Lyon is now working on a made-for-TV movie biography of another rich...
...hospital inmates are alleged criminals who have been sent to Bridgewater for pre-trial observation by the prison's medical staff." With the current backing of trial cases, pre-trial observation often lasts for months, even years. Other inmates wind up at Bridgewater because their lawyers have tried to obtain shorter sentences for them by having them plead insanity Because most "patients" are given drugs--often against their will--the ploy can easily backfire, burdening taxpayers, destroying the minds and lives of human beings...
...injunction; Harvard Pro spent about the same. To those who suggest that the poor liquor stores are caught in the middle of a dispute between unions we must ask the question, how poor are the stores that can afford to spend thousands of dollars on legal fees to obtain an injunction against picketing? Businessmen have many ways to put economic pressure on us, as consumers, but boycotting stores is the only legal economic weapon consumers have against businesses...
...council also discussed yesterday a proposal to establish a Graduate School of Education program in the College which would allow undergraduates to obtain certification to teach in public schools after graduating from Harvard...