Word: segmented
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...school. President Nixon was so upset that he appointed a President's Committee on the Viet Nam Veteran. At their first meeting last month in the White House, members of the committee (which includes the Secretaries of Defense, Labor, Health, Education and Welfare) were particularly concerned about one segment of the 2.7 million veterans who have been discharged in the Viet Nam era. Among the 500,000 vets who are high school dropouts, only about 4% are heading back to class...
...aged, the blind and the disabled would continue unchanged, except that benefits would be increased. A uniform floor of $65 per month for all such recipients would be established, with the Treasury chipping in 25% of the cost in excess of $65. The largest and most controversial segment of the present welfare system-aid to families with dependent children (AFDC)-would be eliminated...
...regular and irregular Democrats. Last week he said he will resume his travels in the fall. In some ways, he is the most promising Democratic prospect-and doubtless the one who benefits most from Kennedy's troubles. He has few enemies, has done nothing to antagonize any important segment of the party. His understated style invites confidence. On the other hand...
...which nearly screams "Vietnam, Vietnam" at the audience) or when it is tentative (nostalgic close shots superimposed over the final track). But for the most part Peckinpah is honest both to his audience and himself. Rather than attempting to establish a mythical west, Sam Peckinpah has given us a segment of his own world, and it is a far more vital one indeed...
...billion. Officials point out that annual review of the need for the program could cut the project off long before that much is spent. ABM critics argue, however, that the final cost will turn out to be much higher. They fear that Safeguard may be only the first segment of a greatly expanded "thick" deployment. Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri, a former Secretary of the Air Force, has put the cost of such a system as high as $400 billion, although even many of Safeguard's detractors find that figure outlandish. One criticism of Safeguard's cost goes...