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...time of testing is here. Our challenge to GM is based on irrefutable evidence and is being made in a manner which the dominant institutions in this society purport to endorse. I do not see, therefore, how any responsible institution in this country can, in good conscience, vote against us. Nor, frankly, do I see how any responsible institution in this country can afford to vote against...
...Soviets now have in place or are preparing to deploy a total of 1,350 land-based ICBMs, for the first time putting Moscow ahead of the 1,054-missile U.S. arsenal of Minuteman and Titan II ICBMs. The new intelligence data, obtained mainly by spy satellites, also purport to show that the Soviets are testing new types of intercontinental and medium-range offensive missiles, as well as more sophisticated anti-ballistic radar missile defensive systems. What is more, the Russians are test-flying a new swing-wing bomber similar to the nearly operational...
...statement's contention that a Faculty vote would bind all members "is a non-sequitur." Ptashine said that his resolution uses the standard phrase, "it is the sense of the Faculty." and does not purport to speak for the entire Faculty or those who vote against the motion...
...head of a special congressional committee investigating private and public agencies that purport to protect the consumer, New York Congressman Benjamin Rosenthal took special interest in the Good Housekeeping seal...
...lives by ritual. Today's Commencement ceremonies, their form almost unchanged for generations, purport to transform a group of unfledged recruits into full scholars, and miraculously they succeed in some indefinable sense...