Word: promptly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...what has historically been an unstable, layoff-prone industry. Since 1834, the U.S. economy has ridden the cyclical roller coaster through 31 booms and busts. Nobody is willing to predict that cyclical peaks and troughs can entirely be eliminated. But many economists are convinced that with prudent and prompt cooperation between business and Government, business and labor, and President and Congress-lately, a big if-they can be flattened out considerably...
...poll, the CNCV people tell you about the San Francisco vote--thirty six per cent of the people endorsed a statement much stronger than the Cambridge one. The San Francisco referendum demanded immediate ceasefire and withdrawal. The Cambridge statement is more open-ended. It asks only for the "prompt return home of American soldiers from Vietnam"--implying that Johnson could do some bargaining, get some advantages before pulling out. That mildness in the wording, the CNCV hopes, should sway the undecided...
...resolution of the Cambridge Neighborhood Committee on Vietnam which appears on today's ballot condemns the war as "not in the best interests of either the American or Vietnamese people." It calls for "the prompt return home of American soldiers...
...resolution of Cambridge Neighborhood Committee on Vietnam condemns the war as "not in the best interests of either the American or Vietnamese people," and calls for a "prompt return home of American soldiers." The resolution deserves active support of the Harvard community...
Accordingly, the CNCV drafted a statement they felt anyone who opposed the war could sign. Its main thrust was "Whereas: This war is not in the interests of either the American or Vietnamese people: Now therefore be it resolved: That the people of the City of Cambridge urge the prompt return home of American soldiers from Vietnam...