Word: strains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...including some who have not done time in jail. He hopes to keep "kids from getting in their first prison situation. All I want now is to feel I am doing something positive. I can look back at the whole mess of garbage in the past and have to strain to find anything positive. To become a real person, you must have a moral standard, which I never had until...
...anachronistic as they seem, Plane Mates* represent just one more way in which airlines are attempting to ease the physical strain on air travelers at large airports, where the distances between ticket counters and loading gates (and between parking lots and terminal buildings) have grown to exhausting extremes. Negotiating that distance-especially for late arrivals who must carry their luggage directly to the loading gate, usually on the dead run-is a traumatic experience that is disenchanting increasing numbers of air travelers. At J.F.K., passengers may have to walk as far as 1,130 feet to reach their departure gate...
...young students shot at Kent is paralyzed for life. The injured at Kent State and Jackson State have immediate medical costs of about $65,000 not covered by any insurance. Though this is not a huge amount, some of the families are under considerable financial strain, If you will help, send to the Kent State-Jackson State Medical Fund, Kent State University, Ken?? Ohio, 44240-an incorporated fund for which contributions are tax-exempt...
...then move toward compromise; for he had long believed that the ultimate strength of the United States lay in its monopoly of physical force, and that if the military were exposed to defeat, if her troops were bullied and thwarted by a group of Vietnamese guerrillas, then the last strain of American credibility would be irretrievably lost. And the result was that as the NLF and Hanoi continued to prevent final U. S. victory, Washington would become bolder in its threats and more willing to engage in the wholesale use of military force...
...afternoon was successful for the Polo Club not only from the scoring standpoint. Over $1000 was collected to help alleviate the club's financial strain...