Word: reasonlies
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...understand the reasoning behind the black community's uproar over Young's resignation. This is not an issue of black and white, but of international policy. Young knew his limits and for whatever reason overstrided them. He then chose the only course he saw fit to take: resignation...
...thorough review of the Cuban situation yielded new information and a reappraisal. A crucial breakthrough came when a U.S. spy satellite discovered the Soviet troops participating as a unit in maneuvers on Aug. 17. Had the Soviets been merely guard units, there would have been no reason for them to take part in war games. Previously gathered material was now scrutinized again. Suddenly clues that had seemed irrelevant became significant...
Finally, Congress has less reason than ever to give the President what he wants because his support continues to crumble. During the recess, Arizona Congressman Morris Udall won applause whenever he told constituents that Carter should be given the benefit of the doubt, but he found that the same audiences favored Ted Kennedy over Carter by two to one. Democratic Congressman Dave Obey discovered that most of his Wisconsin constituents doubted that Carter would be reelected, though many of them wished he could be. Said Obey: "The people have not decided whether Carter is being worked over as a good...
Beyond threatening to limit the tests, the other ETS response was to warn that test prices might increase. The reason, besides having to mail out the corrected tests, is that once the exams were avaialble for all to see, the College Board would have to think up new questions for every exam. "Questions are expensive to come up with," John Smith, media relations director for ETS, said last summer when the bill first passed...
Others cited Vellucci's work on behalf of Cambridge's elderly as their reason for backing him. "Being old himself, he understands and feels for us," a woman said. "The old are the Socrates of the cities and he takes care of them," another added...