Word: testing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...despite a solemn pledge to Israel in 1957 that there would be free access to the Gulf of Aqaba, was still intent on lining up a few other nations before threatening to test the blockade. Should diplomacy or threats fail to solve the impasse, Lyndon Johnson is bound to become the target of heavy fire unless he actually does challenge Nasser. Nor would such criticism be unjustified, since failure to act would amount to a dismal retreat from a clear-cut commitment...
...right! Students who do not score at least 560 on the College Board Language Achievement Test do not (contrary to your report in Monday's paper) have to "take and pass two full courses in a language to graduate from Harvard." They have to get 560 on the test we use at Harvard, which for French, German, and Spanish is the Modern Language Association Classroom Test, the scores of which are equated with the CEEB scores. How he upgrades his ability is a matter of his own choice. Some go to Europe. Most take a semester or more...
...their strained capital resources through mergers and joint efforts, they are getting ready to compete with such U.S. giants as McDonnell Douglas, Boeing and Lockheed. "The Americans would like to have a monopoly on the aircraft industry," says Director van Meerten of Holland's Fokker, which has just test flown its new F28 twin-jet transport, "but we are here to tell them this...
...railroads, which lost about $400 million hauling passengers last year, are also counting on a boost from new equipment. Last week a high-speed train, manufactured by the Budd Co., hit 156 m.p.h. on a 21-mile strip of New Jersey test track. Financed by the Federal Government, the speedster promises three-hour service in October between Washington and New York, cutting present track time by 45 minutes. For long-haul service, however, the future remains gloomy on U.S. railroads. Only last month, B. F. Biaggini, president of the Southern Pacific Co., told a West Coast audience that "the long...
...test this theory, Lowell threw his powerful but ill-coordinated body into football. The theory was sound: he won his letter as tackle. "It was more will power than love of the game," says Parker. "It was his way of exercising the moral imperative." But would the theory be valid for poetry...