Word: v
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...than ever before," says Sergeant Grady Trainor, a World War II and Korean veteran with the 1st Air Cavalry Division. In part, as Johnson points out, the proficiency of today's G.I. is a product of higher educational levels: 75% of all enlisted men are high school graduates v. 48% in 1952; the same percentage of officers have college degrees. In part, also, the Army in 1965 was prepared for war, as it signally was not before World War II or Korea. Nonetheless, the most important element in his performance is undoubtedly the fact that today's soldier...
...During AIT, the recruit learns further skills based on his aptitude and interests, finally qualifies in one of 950 Military Occupation Specialties ranging from "creepy-peepy" (battlefield radar) to computers (by which warehouse sergeants now tot up rations). In all, today's soldier gets four months' training v. eight to twelve weeks in World War II, and in subjects unimaginable only a few years...
American Dilemma-the famous study of U.S. Negroes that was cited by the Supreme Court in its 1954 school segregation decision-Rose had a tough legal precedent to contend with. Last year, in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, the Supreme Court ruled that false criticism of a public official is not libelous unless the official proves actual malice. And since the court did not define "public official," lower courts have been moving toward an inclusive definition that would cover just about anyone in any capacity who becomes a figure in "public debate...
...John V. Lindsay, mayor-elect of New York City, Saturday appointed John Kenneth Galbraith, Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics to a task force which will study New York's antipoverty program...
...difficulties, wages continue to soar. In Germany they have risen 7.5%, while productivity has risen only 2.5% . In Britain, pay has gone up 8.6% in the last year v. 4% for productivity. Since their rich year of 1960, earnings of German steel companies have slipped a total of $450 million. French firms this year and last had to issue $196 million in bonds to cover costs. Not surprisingly, only the Italians are making significant profits...