Word: steps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...communications explosion seems to have much deeper consequences in this century than you imply. Radio and television have begun to dominate and to replace the press. Satellite communication is merely one more step toward the ultimate demise of the printed word in Western society...
...This may be your last chance to weigh the consequences of taking the first step toward establishment of socialized medicine in the United States," he said. Noting that a deterioration in medical service could be expected once the plan went into force, he continued...
...supreme decree, Bolivia's seven-month-old military junta last week took the first step to install itself in power indefinitely. "In view of the chaotic political conditions and the inability of political parties to organize themselves for a democratic electoral process," said the decree, the presidential elections scheduled for Oct. 31 were being postponed. No date was set for new elections. Thus, for the moment at least, Air Force General René Barrientos, 45, will continue to rule the troubled Andean nation...
...fact, the vast majority of the nation's press supported Johnson's intervention. Said the Chattanooga Times: "President Johnson took a bold step, one fraught with difficulties and even dangers, but he had the same solid reason of which Mr. Kennedy spoke -the security of our nation." Agreed the Chicago Daily News: "The Dominican rebellion forced President Johnson to decide whether the Western Hemisphere was threatened by another Cuba. He decided it was. Let those who did not have his information or responsibility decide that he was wrong; that is the luxury of the spectator...
Most critical was John H. Finley '25, Master of Eliot House, who deplored the decision as "a step toward making the Houses into dormitories." Its effect will be to "diminish the character and continuity of the Houses," while the long-run problem is to increase their character, he said...