Word: specialized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy. > When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am bound to give only my name, rank, service number and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies, or harmful to their cause...
With the new Administration, the U.S. will have an opportunity for new diplomatic beginnings. Ever since Nixon's special envoy, former Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton, toured the Middle East last month and called for a "more evenhanded" policy, the Arabs have been encouraged, rightly or wrongly, to hope for new understanding from the U.S. Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser wired Christmas greetings to Nixon, a gesture that he never accorded President Johnson, and there is widespread expectation that diplomatic relations with the U.S., broken off by Nasser during the Six-Day War, will be restored shortly after Inauguration...
Poland's economy is very nearly at a standstill. The standard of living has risen only fractionally since 1956. The press is full of complaints about shoes that disintegrate in the rain and other examples of shoddy production. Many workers are so indifferent about their jobs that special police squads are needed to round them up at bars in the morning...
Last month, Food and Drug had a slight change of heart. On the strength of a report by a special committee of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, the FDA took down the "no limit" sign and suggested that adults should keep down their consumption to five grams a day. For those using only the tablets, this should be no problem, since virtually all of them contain only .05 gm. cyclamate. The safety ceiling would therefore be 100 tablets a day. With the soft drinks, the problem is trickier. Their cyclamate content varies, but it ranges...
...Davis Cup player (1961) was determined to restore some semblance of spirit to the team, which in prior years was plagued by dissension and a marked lack of enthusiasm. Acting as a strict but understanding big brother, he succeeded in his aim by imparting, as Ashe describes it, "this special feeling. Having him as captain is like having John Kennedy for President...