Word: standardly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...only way for the U.S. to solve the present monetary crisis is to get off the international gold standard," Thomas D. Willett, instructor in Economics, said yesterday...
Willett--whom Otto Eckstein, professor of Economics, considers one of the best-informed Faculty members on the current crisis--said he expects the Johnson Administration will stay on the gold standard and fight the gold drain...
...television journalists who are covering it. Since the Tet offensive began, 14 correspondents and crewmen from the U.S. networks have been injured. Last week two ABC men, Bill Brannigan and Jim Deckard, were injured in the bombardment of Khe Sanh.* As a result, many members of TV's standard three-man teams (correspondent, cameraman and sound man) have begged off from hazardous assignments, and the networks are having trouble reporting all the battles. CBS Tokyo Bureau Chief Igor Oganesoff, who was frequently shuttled into Viet Nam for fill-in duty, has refused further combat assignments...
Another difficulty is that TV's technological problems are only half-mastered. In addition to their standard infantry pack, TV correspondents must keep pace with the troops while toting a tape recorder; their sound men lug some 20 lbs. of amplifiers and other recording gear; the photographers are draped with more than 40 lbs. of camera, batteries and film. Worse still, to synchronize film with the correspondent's commentary, the three have to be linked by a cable less than 10 ft. long, end to end, which makes them about the fattest target in any outfit...
...board. The total value of these scholarships is presently around $230,000, and in an average year, about five borderline students are accepted to Harvard as a result of receiving this stipend. The non-Regular, or Contract NROTC students do not receive scholarships, but they do get the standard monthly allowance of $50 in their last two years, and also have the option of electing a two-year course, with a summer training curise, in preference to the full four-year course...