Word: perring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Consipiracy, said the court, does not al ways require secrecy. "The First Amendment does not, per se, require acquittal." The court agreed with the protesters that "vigorous criticism" of the draft and the war, even if its effect is to interfere with the war effort, constitutes free speech and is protected by the First Amendment. However, the court also contended that when dissenters go past verbal criticism and be come parties to specific illegal acts, they then become liable to prosecution un der conspiracy laws...
...blasting engine, the LM will begin dropping closer to the lunar surface. At 39,250 ft., the craft will begin rolling into a face-up position, pitching into an upright attitude at the same time. Twelve minutes later, its rate of fall slowed from 5,660 ft. per sec. to between 3 f.p.s. and 5 f.p.s., the LM will touch down. The first contact with lunar soil will be made by 5-ft. probes dangling from the LM's footpads. When the probes brush the surface, two lights the size of half-dollars will begin flashing in the LM under...
Storr buttressed his argument that latent cruelty exists in most normal individuals by referring to experiments which have shown that normal American college students will apply lethal doses of electric shock to human subjects if they are told to do so by their instructors. He also added that 80 per cent of the pornographic material enjoyed by the general public is sado-masochistic in nature...
...make matters worse, wages are rising much more rapidly than workers' productivity, as measured by the Commerce Department. As a result, labor costs per unit of output are climbing steadily. Manufacturers are compensating by raising the prices of their products. Thus, even large pay raises have yielded little if anything in added purchasing power. During the last three years, in fact, the purchasing power of the average U.S. worker has done no better than hold steady. Union leaders now feel that they must push for giant wage and benefit increases to keep their members ahead of price boosts...
Summer Rally. The Neuwirth Fund, which last year soared 90% in per-share value to rank No. 1 in the U.S., fell 16% in the first half and dropped to 305th place. The Mates Investment Fund, which gained 73% last year, has fallen to No. 367. Gibraltar Growth, which was in third place in 1968, dropped 13% and is now 254th...