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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Many of the students who were enthusiastic about living in the project pointed out that "the best thing is how much time we save. Both of us are studying, and living there will mean we won't have to look for an appartment or spend a month fixing...
...MUSIC ROOM. A proud old aristocrat loses family and fortune trying to save face, and the resulting film underscores anew the genius of India's Satyajit Ray, creator of the Apu trilogy...
Planned withdrawals could save the United States from stranding itself in the South Vietnamese swamps because of policy inertia. When the approved American line was to support Diem regardless of his liabilities because Washington was concerned with defeating the Vietcong, this support was justified by two main points in favor of Diem: (1) Any attempt to overthrow him would disrupt the war effort and (2) no suitable substitutes existed...
When-and if-the potatoes ripen, the Indians will eat some of them fresh, save others for seed, and turn the rest into chuño. Chuño-making begins when the temperature at night falls below freezing. Potatoes are left out to freeze, then thaw when the sun rises. Barefoot Indians tread out the moisture, leave the potatoes to freeze again, tread some more. After a fortnight they have chuño-a dehydrated potato that, with luck, will last all winter...
...shift to fixed-price contracts alone could save 10? on each defense dollar, argues McNamara. In addition, the plan puts a premium on high quality workmanship and careful inspection procedures. The military officer watching each project will submit a top-secret report every six months evaluating the company's performance, and the report will figure heavily in whether a company gets future defense contracts...