Word: totaling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mondale and his fellow Pentagon hecklers, the zenith came in August when they fought-and nearly won-the debate against Nixon's ABM system, one item in the total defense budget. The Senate vote was 51-50. Though the Administration carried the day, the warning was sounded. The military, henceforth, would not be able to breeze through its requests for appropriations question-free. The lengthy debate that came to an end in the vote last week bore this out. "Just remember," said Oregon Republican Mark Hatfield, "this is a bill that used to slip through the Senate in hours...
...Justice Department displayed an unwonted sense of history-even of theatricality-in selecting the defendants. They represent the total spectrum of dissent and ordinarily, observes Author Michael Harrington, "they would find it difficult to agree on the time of day." As in the conspiracy trial of Dr. Benjamin Spock and four other antiwar activists, some of the Chicago "conspirators" had not met one another before they were indicted...
With President Nixon's announcement that another 35,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from South Viet Nam, bringing the total to roughly 60,000 (see NATION), Vietnamization becomes a matter of paramount importance. The very survival of the South as a separate entity may be at stake. Also at stake is the entire American strategy for withdrawal. The hopeful Pentagon scenario calls for gradual replacement of U.S. forces by South Vietnamese, until only U.S. air, artillery and logistic support need remain. If the South Vietnamese should prove incapable of fulfilling this assigned role, the U.S. would then have...
...present RUS parietal rule states that men are allowed in women's rooms a total of '72 hours per week, with each dorm deciding how the hours are to be divided...
...provides constant change and because it's something that is acceptable to sit in front of while doing nothing it is tremendously attractive. You can almost fool yourself into thinking that you're watching TV. But really watching implies participation which means activity. And activity, as opposed to total passivity, is the most difficult thing to achieve in an institution. So you're not really watching TV, you're sitting opposite the live machine and doing nothing, instead of doing nothing in your bed or at the end of the hall. This form of doing nothing is acceptable to yourself...