Word: steps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Massachusetts, which is currently drafting 19-year-olds, may not be affected at all by the step-up. Franck said the burden would be placed first on states that are not yet drafting men so young...
...uneasy quiet settled back over Ecuador, General Marcos Gándara Enríquez, one of the junta members, conceded that it was "possible" that the military might step down earlier than scheduled. But first the junta wants assurances that its reforms would be continued by the next government and that Communists would remain outlawed. As a sign of good faith, the military at week's end arranged the resignation of Ecuador's tame nine-man Cabinet-enabling the junta to name new ministers more acceptable to the opposition...
...Price. For all that, the regular Times reader could not miss the fact that among the paper's senior staffers, opinion on Viet Nam is less than unanimous. Last February, Military Affairs Editor Hanson W. Baldwin wrote an article for the Sunday magazine urging the U.S. to step up its commitment to Viet Nam and prepare for a long war. "Viet Nam is a nasty place to fight," said Baldwin. "But there are no neat and tidy battlefields in the struggle for freedom; there is no 'good' place to die. And it is far better to fight...
Finally, Stengel summoned Spahn for a talk in his office. Just about everyone in the club house heard the angry rumble as Spahn refused to step aside as a regular pitcher and join the bullpen staff. "I feel I can still pitch," he insisted. Perhaps so. But not with the Mets. Last week the Mets put Spahn up for sale. Price: $1. So far, he has not been bowled over with offers. By week's end, in fact, there had been none, and Spahn hurried off to try his hand at broadcasting baseball...
...will attain Charles de Gaulle's goal of independence from the Anglo-American oil companies. By paying francs for oil from the only major source within the franc zone, France will also save $280 million a year in foreign exchange. Perhaps most important, the agreement is a long step toward returning Algeria politically-as well as financially-to France's sphere of influence. It also serves to strengthen French prestige throughout Africa and to frustrate the economic ambitions of Russia and Red China in left-leaning Algeria...