Word: wide
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Mead said that the problem of over-population was world-wide. She criticized those who say the rich may have large families but the poor should not. "This builds resentment. We need an ethic which will work for everyone in the world, rich and poor," she said...
...Galbraith's inclusion suggests, the emphasis of the directors' board is on a wide range of expertise. This too is part of the plan's effort to set a national precedent. All the policy decisions for the plan's operation will be made by the board of directors; the men that Harvard has chosen to serve on its board of directors, then suggests what kind of broadly-based coalition it thinks is necessary to run new health plans...
...Cambridge Rent Control Referendum campaign has gathered 300 signatures in its drive to place a rent control ordinance before the voters of Cambridge. A total of 8000 valid signatures are needed to call a special city-wide vote on the proposal...
...does ABM enter into that equation? Again, there is wide disagreement. Says Kentucky Senator John Sherman Cooper: "This is a moment when negotiations are possible, a moment that should not be lost." George Rathjens, a former disarmament agency official now at M.I.T., argues that the simultaneous deployment of ABMs and MIRVs would destabilize the present equation by increasing the temptation to make a first, or preemptive, strike. The Administration has argued that the ABM could be a bargaining counter with the Soviets. "We must have both offensive and defensive missiles...
Engineering amity aside, though, many problems remain. The Concorde's passenger capacity comes to only 128, and the curving sides of its narrow fuselage make window seats rather cramped, even though the seats themselves are 34 in. wide, compared with 22 in. for a Boeing 747. Fully loaded, the Concorde will be able to cover about 4,000 miles, and Paris-New York is a 3,700-mile flight. That leaves no leeway for meeting international standards, which call for a 25% fuel-safety margin. Either the Concorde's range will have to be extended or the plane...