Word: pointed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...news of Nixon's trip to Rumania with seeming equanimity, Soviet leaders are now thoroughly unhappy about it-probably because it was so successful. Second, the Brezhnev Doctrine has become a fundament of policy, which Russia expects both bloc members and the West to acknowledge, even to the point of clearing presidential visits...
Blue Shield published the information. The result, says Polansky, was "an enormous amount of crank-letter harassment" as well as "slanted and distorted unfair newspaper publicity." Added the doctor: "The harassment has grossly affected my wife's health and the well-being of my family to the point that my receipt of these moneys, though earned and deserved, is simply not worth the retaining." With that, he sent back a check for $169,000 to Blue Shield and invited the agency to re-audit his books, and to "honor only those invoices which are supported to your satisfaction...
...idea that the polar caps are largely frozen water. Most investigators are now convinced that they are mostly frozen carbon dioxide, otherwise known as dry ice. Mariner 7 helped their argument. Its infra-red radiometer measured the temperature of the area at - 253°F., or roughly the frost point of carbon dioxide on Mars...
Died. Robert Lehman, 76, investment banker, senior partner of Lehman Brothers and one of Wall Street's most powerful figures; in Sands Point, N.Y. Born to wealth, "Bobby" Lehman might have devoted his life to art collecting and horse breeding, both of which he loved, but his greatest enthusiasm was for high finance-and for 48 years he multiplied his family firm's prestige and fortune. He was one of the first to see the enormous potential of aviation, helped bankroll the beginnings of American, Pan American and Trans World Airlines. He was a friend to retail merchandising...
Some teachers tried to impose their suggestions on ghetto residents they met; others simply listened and learned. One told Towbis that he had attempted to reorganize the Mission Rebels, a youth group that makes a special point of running its own affairs. "You might do it better," said Towbis, "but that doesn't mean they can do it better that way. We can't do it for them. At best we can ask the right questions." This kind of informed insight was invaluable to the teachers. Said a white professor from Laney College in Oakland: "In seven years...