Word: partially
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...calculated the national debt, divided the figure by the number of citizens, and came up with $1,825. He decided that was his share of the burden, and sent the Government precisely that amount. A woman left $17,761.19 to the Government in her will "for the partial construction of an airplane bomber." Many contributors like to remain anonymous. Last March, for instance, a $1,000 bill arrived at the IRS center in Covington, Ky., with a note that read simply: "Somewhere along the line I shortchanged...
...tone could not have been accidentally picked up on the tape while it was being played back for listening or transcribing. Nor, he said, is it likely that the tone, or hum, was recorded during the original taping, since it did not blanket all of the conversation. For a partial malfunction, a plug, or electrical connection, would have to cut out accidentally and just as accidentally resume normal operation after an 18-minute lapse...
...legal difficulties led to abortion of the plan. But, public television remained hopelessly stalemated as CPB demanded control of the network lines because it pays for them, and PBS demanded control because only it is authorized to use them. This spring, congressional pressure resulted in a compromise and a partial victory for presidential control. CPB will continue to control the network. CPB, in "consultation" with PBS, will decide what shows win Corporation funds. Questions of balance and objectivity in programming will be resolved by a joint CPB-PBS committee. The Nixon administration did not run PBS out of business...
...conditions but are quite useless in other situations. The genetics of human intelligence is not scientifically well enough established to be used as a political weapon; the propagation of intelligence through generations obeys sociological, psychological and biological laws which override completely the possibility of political predictions based on the partial knowledge given by I.Q. measurements...
...chief source of foreign income. Under Allende's highly political management of the mines, which he seized from such U.S. firms as Kennecott and Anaconda, disastrous strikes badly hurt production. The government will continue to own the mines, but it is willing to negotiate at least partial restitution to the U.S. firms and invite them to return to help operate the mines or develop new ones, perhaps as minority owners. Says Saenz: "We will do anything necessary to have first-class advice on copper." The junta also aims to attract new industry, for example electronics producers...