Word: systemically
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...draft. The bill passed the House, but Democratic leaders in the Senate want to reform the whole Selective Service Act and contend that this requires more time. The issue apparently will reemerge next year, but Nixon need not wait. He can institute certain reforms, short of a lottery system, by executive decree...
With all the casual calm of a Grand Canyon-on-your-left announcement, Pilot Donald Cook's voice came over the public-address system: "There's a man here who wants to go somewhere, and he's just chartered himself an airplane." The 39 passengers on TWA Flight 85, over Fresno and bound for San Francisco, suddenly realized that they had joined the growing ranks of the skyjacked. It was not simply the 55th case of skyjacking in 1969; it turned out to be the longest and oddest pirated flight in aviation history...
Yesterday's action began at 6:10 a. m. in the M. I. T. Student Center when the tactics committee announced its decision to definitely center on 1-Lab no. 5-at 15 Osborn St.-where the principal research on the MIRV missile system is conducted...
Sullivan had a total of 3634 votes in yesterday's initial, unofficial count by the City's election commission. He was the only candidate to surpass in the first round of counting the unofficial quota of 2492 votes needed for election. Under the City's Proportional Representation system, ballot-counting will continue at least until Saturday...
...first five in the initial returns-along with incumbent Barbara Ackermann (sixth with 1780 votes) and School Committeeman Daniel J. Clinton (seventh with 1626-seem fairly sure of electionas the City's complicated system of electing strong candidates, eliminating weak ones, and redistributing their votes wends its way for the rest of the week...