Word: strengthing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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CHARLOTTE BRONTE: THE EVOLUTION OF GENIUS, by Winifred Gerin. This biography of the most prolific and active of the Bronte sisters plumbs the sources of Charlotte's strength (her realism) and weakness (sentimental romanticism...
...Pentagon, which has been trying to reorganize and reorient the Guard for nearly a decade, moved swiftly to upgrade it. The New Jersey Guard was allowed to go above its official strength level so that more Negroes could be recruited; in four weeks, 106 Negroes have been enlisted, and 130 more are being processed. State units were ordered to raise minimum time spent on riot-control training from six to 32 hours a year, with added courses for officers. Another plan for improving efficiency through a realigning of many units was given an added push, despite the opposition of many...
...switch in roles is only part of a gradual change in the use of U.S. Army units throughout Viet Nam. The U.S. 199th Brigade has been circling Saigon since December in an exclusively security operation named "Fairfax," which is designed to keep the Viet Cong from building up strength too near the capital. The brigade's search partners are not police but Vietnamese Rangers, working in completely integrated "supercompanies" made up of one U.S. and one Vietnamese com pany. The U.S. 9th Division is also involved in intermediate warfare, working closely with the ARVN's 25th Division...
Pettigrew, who in the past has conducted surveys in Boston relative to Mrs. Hicks' voting strength, predicted that she "will get 45 or 46 per cent of the vote, but no more...
...workers crayoned the ward-by-ward returns on a wall-sized chart. Unlike Mrs. Hicks' picnic-like celebration, where there was plenty of liquor and no charts, White's headquarters were marked by an exuberant but businesslike atmosphere. Returns from each precinct were carefully tabulated; charts showing the relative strength of each candidate in each important city district were being set-up and studied. There was no orchestra; there were no bars, no ham sandwiches, no sweet gerkin pickles, no chocolate cake for White's campaign workers--lawyers, teachers, students, high state officials...