Word: wide
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Perhaps the largest official legacy the U.S. is creating for the Micronesians is the fostering of a slow but steady growth of Micronesian political consciousness. At municipal, district and territory-wide levels, the Micronesians have been taught to elect their own officials and legislative bodies, and to begin to establish the appurtenances of self-rule. So far they are only appurtenances, since the word of U.S. High Commissioner William R. Norwood-and ultimately of the U.S. Congress-remains final...
...over Dow's ability to produce fire is largely misdirected. So far this year, Dow has supplied the Government with $5,170,000 worth of napalm-less than one-half of 1% of Dow's $1,034,000,000 world-wide sales. By contrast, Lockheed Aircraft supplied $1,531,000,000 worth of equipment to the Defense Department last year. Only about 100 of Dow's 35,000 employees are involved in making napalm. Looming larger in the company's marketing list of more than 800 products are water-purifying chemicals, cold medicines, insecticides and anesthetics...
...University community exists for the academic and intellectual education of its members. It is natural, therefore, that there should be preserved on the campus as wide an expression of opinion as possible. Freedom of speech must be guarded as essential to the proper functioning of the university...
Frank, who is working full-time for White and planning his campaign schedule, explained that although academicians have been called in to assist task forces on specific issues, they are of less use in a local or state-wide campaign...
...Residents predicted wide-spread student opposition to the measure. Many students signed petitions circulated in several dormitories by House Residents in favor of maintaining the tradition...