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Word: switches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Chicago, some 500 members of a Coalition for an Open Convention discussed means of trying to keep delegates uncommitted. Should they fail to block Humphrey, some of the coalitionists may work for establishment of a fourth party or switch to Rockefeller if he wins the G.O.P. nomination. Mc Carthy has hinted that he may participate in a fourth-party drive but insists that he would not lead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE POLITICAL BLAHS | 7/5/1968 | See Source »

Massachusetts (72): All are committed to McCarthy on the first ballot, but many are likely to switch later to the Vice President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: DEMOCRATIC COUNTDOWN | 6/28/1968 | See Source »

...sale of all guns because of "the violence and terror surging through the streets of every county and every state." Democrats William Proxmire and Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, Edmund Muskie of Maine, Mike Monroney of Oklahoma and Republican Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania said that they, too, were preparing to switch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE GUN UNDER FIRE | 6/21/1968 | See Source »

...picture window that turns opaque at the flick of a switch, giving those inside instant shade and absolute privacy. A wall clock, no thicker than a pane of safety glass, that flashes the hour without any tick or hum. A small screen that records the face of a telephone caller even when no one is home to pick up the receiver. Such items may seem like excerpts from a catalogue of 21st century technology, but RCA scientists say that they are already within reach. And they are only a small sampling of the practical new uses that are promised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chemistry: Crystal Versatility | 6/14/1968 | See Source »

Harvard does publish an annual financial report, specifying where its investments are. Although community influence does not directly participate in determining investment questions, there are indications that Harvard may currently switch its low-return Federal bonds to roughly comparable investments in Roxbury. The treasurer's job is made difficult by Harvard's system of financial solvency for each school: his decision to switch specific endowment investments from an unpopular company to a popular one might lower the revenue of the unlucky faculty that had originally received the endowment...

Author: By Boisfeuillet JONES Jr., | Title: Harvard and Protest | 6/13/1968 | See Source »

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