Word: retains
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Titanium and stainless steel rank high among the glamour metals of modern technology. Because they retain their great strength even when heated to high temperatures, they have countless uses in such space-age products as Gemini capsules and jet engines. They would have countless other applications were it not for one exasperating characteristic: they cannot be used for moving parts that rub against other hunks of titanium or stainless steel. When they are, the pieces simply stick together...
...count on beating either Democratic dissenters or Republican opponents without taking novel, perhaps even liberal stands on issues. That means that Harry Byrd, Jr., appointed to the Senate by outgoing Governor Harrison (who announced Byrd's resignation with tears in his eyes), will probably face a tough fight to retain his father's seat. Byrd, a veteran of the State Senate, is considered a political lightweight and will not be a particularly attractive candidate...
...rights bill, then labored as one of its four floor managers to get it passed. He was also a major force in getting the 1965 voting rights bill approved. Lindsay backed Indiana's Charles Halleck last January in his losing battle against Michigan's Gerry Ford to retain the House minority leader's post, hoping to strike a bargain that would open the way to key positions for his brand of liberal Republicans. Nevertheless, Ford has high respect for him. "He is a good advocate, a good lawyer," says Ford. "He was not just a tool...
...final score was 6-6, but the real outcome of the game was more complex. Assuming Leverett and Winthrop both win their one remaining game, they will end the season with identical records and Leverett will retain the House football trophy it won last year...
...that the grades formerly given were based on little beside the thesis. Another Cliffie argued that there is "no other basis" for grading than a thesis. On the other side, one senior cited the fact that graduate schools want grades. Ira D. Silverman '66 said "I would like to retain my tutor's appraisal of my work...