Word: reachings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...would be highly imprudent not to do so. In the countryside, where the junta's rule is especially entrenched, voters were handed only the NAÍ ballot by the election officials, and few voters dared ask for the ÓX1 (no) ballots, which were kept out of their reach. At some polling stations, strangers who had the look of plainclothesmen lounged around the ballot boxes. Under the circumstances, it was perhaps surprising that even 8% of the voters exercised the ÓXI option. The far safer way to vote against the regime was not to vote...
...occupied to find much time for self-dramatization. In the process, he may have become an uncertain friend of the left. To youth's search for spontaneity and sensual gratification, he offers a 45-year-old's caution: "The best things in life were most difficult to reach, for they protected themselves, so beware of finding your true love in a night." In fact, Mailer provides no comfort for any cause or creed. "There is no history without nuance," he writes, and in all his nuances there is the darkness of many nights...
...over take West Germany as the No. 3 nation in terms of Gross National Product, after the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The Japanese government has already twice revised G.N.P. growth estimates for 1968, from the original 7% to 8.5% and, recently, to 9.6%. Exports are expected to reach $13.3 billion, a 23% increase over 1967, and thus turn last year's balance of payments deficit of $535 million into a surplus of about $750 million...
...turns back to help him put of his girdle. And the charge itself is almost entirely successful. The rigid troops move forward like wind-up toy soldiers, under the hypnotic spell of unquestioned tradition. The firing begins; the hoofs and bodies and blood combine. Screams and guns seem to reach beyond the screen. The hysteria and terror are as palpable as dust; the slaughter is a testament to the inanity of blind obedience. By itself, the scene is confused and intense. It is harrowing, and it is magnificent. But it does not make a movie...
Britton will meet this afternoon with representatives of Local 254 of the Building Services Union and attempt to reach an agreement, Mrs. Bunting said. Members of the Union will vote tomorrow on the College's offer...