Word: stepped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Congress for even tougher measures. It must also act swiftly to preserve scenic areas, waterfronts and unspoiled islands. Fortunately, the country still has many deserving areas. It might also help local governments fund more parks near cities, and if they still cannot afford the land, the Government might step in with suburban national parks...
...angers and unnerves college administrators. In fact, argue some students of the movement, most B.S.U. organizations represent something of a conservative force in the academic community. Students for a Democratic Society, for example, makes no bones about the fact that it seeks to overthrow the university as the first step toward total revolution. Despite their political phraseology, the black student groups tend to seek relatively limited goals. At Brandeis, students wanted "soul food" (see MODERN LIVING) in the cafeteria; when they got that, however, they went on to set forth ten demands, including the right to hire the chairman...
...many scientists still place the Soviets behind the U.S. in overall manned space flight, not until late next month will America attempt a crew transfer with Apollo 9. Thus there could be no doubt that last week's Russian space exploit had to be taken as a major step forward...
...immediate task in 1969 is to make a decisive step toward price stability. This will be only the beginning of the journey. We cannot hope to reach in a single year the goal that has eluded every industrial country for generations-that of combining high employment with stable prices...
Senator Russell Long and Congressman Wilbur Mills, chairmen of congressional committees that have conducted hearings into proposed steel-import quotas, jointly applauded the agreement as "a welcome and realistic step." Steelmakers were not quite so exultant. Industry spokesmen pointed out that the levels agreed upon would still amount to more than 13% of the U.S. market-greater than any year prior to 1968. Some steelmen also feared that the Japanese and Europeans would compensate for the hold-down by shipping higher-priced lines of steel...