Word: roughs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rate, a figure that is actually reduced to something less than $2300 after taxes. For those on junior rate the compensation for 2/5ths after taxes is less than $1700. Even at the higher rate teaching fellows' incomes fall considerably below the poverty line of $3000 often used as a rough standard for designating poor families in United States Government statistics. And whatever standard is applied, this is clearly a very small amount of income even for a single person...
...Constellation. An obvious advantage is weight; Stephens figures that he saved more than 60 Ibs. on the shorter bow alone. What's more, says Stephens, without the usual heavy fore and aft overhang, the short-ended Intrepid will be less prone to lose speed by hobbyhorsing in rough seas around the Cup course off Newport, R.I. To keep the boat's center of gravity low and thus increase her stability in a breeze, Stephens prescribed lightweight titanium for the top third of Intrepid's 90-ft. mast, even went so far as to set the heavy sheet...
...problem suggests no simple solution. The "be tough" policy, for example, is not so antiquated as many Americans think it is. Rough ghetto life teaches a youngsters to revere violence. Prowess with your hands or a gun is prerequisite to financial success and the first step in winning the respect of other youngsters. As crude as it sounds, being tough can effectively curb criminal action where youth are involved. Yet, the policeman cannot be very tough. Even the most ignorant street corner punk is totally aware of his rights as an American citizen: he knows that the police cannot...
Early-season predictions of Tiger strength have become rather regular phenomena in the racing world. Starting its schedule with two easy races against Rutgers and against a Navy crew which annually meets windy and rough conditions on the Severn River before competition begins, Princeton usually comes to Cambridge with an impressive record...
Adams' orchestra knew the first two acts well. There were rough spots, however, in the more difficult passages of the third and fourth acts. The intonation, superb in the first half, occasionally sagged, and the orchestra became less flexible and precise...