Word: stinting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...thesis came under considerable fire during his stint at the Kennedy Institute. Some stressed the incompatibility of labor's long-run interests with those of the Negro, especially on the local level. Others stressed the exigencies of Vietnam and the need to ally with peace groups. (Rustin, whose career as a pacifist stems back to a jail sentence in 1943 for conscientious objection, chuckled noticeably.) Rustin's response was twofold: he agreed with those who stressed the contributions of the peace movement and the qualifications upon his proposed alliance; but he also expressed concern about the possibility of a more...
...Peters, the sophomore pitching sensation, hurled three perfect innings, striking out the side in the fourth. He replaced Harvard's starter, Bob Dorwart, another sophomore, who was hit hard by Tufts in his three-inning stint, giving up four runs...
...tine matters on his mind-as he proved before he left for Guam. In a speech to the Tennessee state legislature at Nashville, Johnson revealed a top-to-bottom shakeup of the Saigon embassy staff that reached from Lodge-who had long been anxious to end his second stint in Viet Nam-to Information Chief Barry ("Zorro") Zorthian, whose psywar techniques have doubled the number of Viet Cong defectors coming across the lines. As replacements, Johnson named an entire new team (see box next page...
...muttered ruefully: "If only Bunker weren't so old . . ." Actually, in everything but chronology he is one of the youngest men in the department. Last January Bunker married comely U.S. Ambassador to Nepal Carol Laise, 49, honeymooning in the tiger-infested Himalayan foothills outside Katmandu. During an ambassadorial stint in New Delhi (1957-61) that won him abiding affection among Indians...
...Supreme Court Justices Byron White and Potter Stewart and Poverty Potentate Sargent Shriver, Locke was a Navy gunnery officer during World War II; his ship landed a Marine force in the Solomons led by Lieut. Colonel Victor ("Brute") Krulak-now Marine commander i.i the Pacific. During his nine-month stint in Rawalpindi, Locke skillfully reassured President Mohammed Ayub Khan of continued American interest after the IndianPakistani border...