Word: tend
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...said that neither President Kennedy nor President Johnson had foreseen a rapid solution to the War. I think one of the problems here is that many students at Harvard tend to make a distinction between the policies of the two administrations. When President Kennedy began the effort, we understood that the men the United States was sending over were advisors. The implication at that time was that this was a Vietnamese was and that we couldn't win it for them. It seems that the emphasis has quite definitely changed, so that the situation is now discussed in terms...
...Showers. The garter on the Sox, of course, is Lopez. A shrewd tactician who believes in "percentage baseball," he calls practically every move his players make. One of his pet theories holds that batters tend to swing harder when they are ahead of the balls-and-strikes count, easier when they are behind. So he is constantly realigning the White Sox defense. "He moved me on every pitch for a whole season," one of Lopez's third basemen once reported...
...intellectual today. The Government has so steadily adopted the radical programs of yesterday that some intellectuals are desperately trying to stay left of Washington and attempting, not very successfully, to create "a new radicalism." There are plenty of causes left in a far from perfect world, but they tend to be smaller and more specific. Many have turned from politics to preoccupation with "environment...
...contends that his reforms will help liberals and hurt conservatives. This follows from certain assumptions, such as that conservatives, having more seniority, are at an advantage in the present system; that procedural obstructions help conservatives because liberals are more inclined to want to pass bills; that the leadership will tend to be more liberal than an unlead resolution of the various issues. Many of these are justifiable, but there are some reservations that could be made...
Conditions are against Harvard. Penn's most decided advantage will be its fast hard courts. The Quakers are basically big hitters, relying on big serves and volleys to win. The Crimson netmen, who have had only one day's practice on hard courts, tend to depend on ground strokes...