Word: stalls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Seven-Week Stall. Once the modalities are arranged, the negotiators will enter an even thicker diplomatic jungle. General Creighton Abrams, the U.S. commander in Viet Nam, expects Hanoi to start right off with a demand for a cease-fire in place-a move opposed by most policymakers in Washington and Saigon because it would leave the Viet Cong in control of too much territory. Others foresee serious talks on a mutual troop withdrawal...
...went through the usual statistical garbage, ripped through the telephone book, and then strolled into the IBM shower stall I-22 computer. "Gasp," I cried. "The nozzle is gone. I'm all washed...
...terrible; like Columbia it has had but one moment of glory, a victory over Colgate which had beaten Princeton. Harvard managed only a one touchdown win over Columbia and despite what the experts say, "Pusey" starts with an "8" and "Heffner" with a "4." Thus, says the IBM Shower-Stall I-22, Harvard 17, Brown...
...students and mothers demonstrated against inadequate winter clothing allowances for their children and demanded uniform state welfare guidelines. Francis W. Sargent, lieutenant governor, offered to meet the next day with representatives of the mothers' group and asked the demonstrators to leave. They called this tactic a stall and remained in the State House until 10:30 p.m. when they were arrested...
...fight inflation "without increasing unemployment." In Washington, Chief White House Economic Adviser Arthur Okun took exception to the view that braking measures would have to be continued for very long. Inflation, he warned, might be less of a hazard than a prolonged slowdown, which could bring on "a stall and perhaps a tailspin...