Word: signed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...weapon against the inflation that in June boosted the consumer price index by six-tenths of 1%, he has made it clear that he is willing to pay a price for its extension. Nixon last year indicated opposition to changing the oil-depletion allowance, but he will probably sign any tax-reform bill passed by Congress...
...monitor the life functions of space travelers, doctors are now able to watch a wardful of seriously ill patients from afar. By modifying a meteoroid sensor, they can detect minute body tremors caused by such neurological disorders as Parkinson's disease. Another adaptation involves the so-called "sign switch": intended to be actuated by the mere movement of an astronaut's eyes so that his hands will be free, it has already been installed in a motorized wheelchair for paraplegics. The space suits may be useful for lowering body temperature in cases of extremely high fever...
...course, depend on the ARVN's willingness and ability to assume a greater share of the fighting. Despite the dangers, the risk seems worthwhile. Last fall, when the Communists pulled three divisions back across the DMZ, Averell Harriman for one was convinced that it was an earnest sign of Hanoi's eagerness to limit the fighting and that the U.S. should make a reciprocal move. The Johnson Administration, committed to a military victory, failed to probe the possibilities. This time, the Communists deny that there is a lull, but the stillness on the battlefield may yet prove more...
...under the CENTO and SEATO treaties, Nixon has every right to inquire about this trend. Yahya Khan will explain that China has taken Pakistan's side in the fight with India; as for Russia, the Pakistani reasoning is that those close relations are simply a sign that Pakistan wants to be friendly with everyone. The President is not likely to involve himself in an attempt to solve the subcontinent's old festering problems; but at least he will hear the same good news from both nations. As a result of the "green revolution" of miracle rice strains developed...
...phone call to the time he returns to his own house after finishing the work. Contractors often charge the homeowner twice as much for hourly labor as they actually pay their workers in wages. They can do so because in many towns the relatively few contractors who can sign up scarce union help are in a near-monopoly position...