Word: selfing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...less an authority than General David Shoup, retired Marine Corps Commandant and Medal of Honor winner, accuses the armed services of relishing war for the sake of self-aggrandizement, of making the U.S. "a militaristic and aggressive nation." Physicist Herbert York, former Pentagon chief of research, development and engineering, warns that Americans will face a "Frankenstein monster that could destroy us." Not only are military motives questioned, but military competence as well. The defense complex is indicted for being unable to develop weapons that work well enough, wasting money needed for civilian purposes, giving bad and dangerous advice...
...Life Fulfilled. Inside the Rotunda, President Richard Nixon reflected on the satisfaction of a life fulfilled. "He restored calm to a divided nation," said the President. "He gave Americans a new measure of self-respect. He invested his office with dignity and respect and trust. He made Americans proud of their President, proud of their country, proud of themselves." Said Nixon: "He came from the heart of America. And he gave expression to the heart of America, and he touched the hearts of the world...
When he was seeking his first term in 1961, Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty insisted that "to ensure healthy democratic processes" and thwart any "self-interest group that feeds on continued control of city hall," eight years in the mayor's office should be the limit. That argument helped Sam to defeat a two-term incumbent. However, after eight years in city hall, he decided that they were scarcely sufficient after...
...provide additional employment opportunities," May says. "Nothing is established yet, but by the middle of May we hope to have a proposal to implement a large-scale input program. "We've pulled in a number of people from Roxbury in an attempt to set up some sort of self-replenishing feeder organization to supply the Coop with a steady stream of employees...
...Laws Committee wants to find out is how the directors get to run the organization. Until last fall nobody paid much attention to the Coop's election policies. Two years ago nine members came to the meeting. Every year the ten Stockholders, who like the Harvard Corporation, are self-replenishing, nominated a 23-man slate, which included nine undergraduate and graduate students from Harvard, Radcliffe, and M.I.T. These student were usually recommenced by their respective deans. Because a quorum was never present at the annual participating members meeting in October the Stockholders' slate automatically took office...