Word: takings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...must always be kept in mind that although the computer may well take over the world at some future time, one does; not yet have to worry about one's daughter's ever marrying...
...flaw in Nixon's moves was one that has so far marked-and may come to plague-his Administration. It is his tendency to take cautious half-steps in the hope of appeasing critics who demand leaps, while avoiding angering those who insist that he stand fast. However laudable each small act, this course in the end satisfies no one and it leaves him open to the charge that he cares more about the illusion of action than about substantive change. Without any cooperation from Hanoi, it is difficult to see what else Nixon can do, short...
Nixon has never utilized the arm-twisting powers of his office to force Congress into action-not even when his ABM system seemed in danger of defeat. But last week he said that "if Congress fails to act, we will take appropriate executive action" to amend the draft. Trouble is, the most important section of the Nixon bill-that calling for random selection of draftees-is prohibited by the 1967 draft law. It would take congressional action to change this...
...controlled lottery system would change this, and the President has called for a report on the draft boards to be delivered in December. Perhaps, as Senator Jacob Javits has suggested, the caprices of local-board autonomy could be eliminated by establishing area and regional boards. Data-processing equipment would take the place of subjective judgments by local board members...
...Congress holds NASA's budget under the $6 billion-a-year peak reached in 1966 for the Apollo project, the Mars landing will not take place until after...