Word: wishfully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...head than at the heel. "Her deck plan is almost an exact reproduction of the Constellation's"-the U.S. boat that won the America's Cup in 1964-said Olin Stephens, who designed Constellation and the newest U.S. twelve-meter, Intrepid. But Stephens had second thoughts. "I wish I could see," he said, "what makes Pattie so fast...
...should they wish to draft students in large numbers now? One and a half millions 1-Y's are being drafted, yet no move is made for training them. They will be cannon fodder necessary for a land war in Asia. A large number of students will then be drafted to create the technical support base such an army will need. These people will not need very much training at all-not a fraction of what the I-Y's would need to become technicians themselves. Thus, absolution of 2-S is probably a precondition for a massive land...
...Viet Nam, Johnson neither apologized for U.S. conduct of the war nor attempted to prettify the prospects. Despite heavy pressures for a sterner stance from military and congressional advisers, the President announced no new strategies and no new commitments. "I wish I could report to you that the conflict is almost over," he said somberly. "This I cannot do. We face more cost, more loss and ``more agony...
...Brooke later: "I guess you get more attention when you're going out than when you're coming in." Not so, Senator. At a reception that afternoon, Brooke was overwhelmed by up to 5,000 well-wishers-Negroes and whites alike-who flocked to welcome him and wish him success...
...head the Food and Drug Administration, Gardner named Dr. James L. Goddard, 43, the first physician to serve as commissioner in 45 years, and, if a good many shaken pharmaceutical executives have their fondest wish, perhaps the last. As Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs he named Philip Lee, who found a way to train 225,000 nurses a year instead of the previous 125,000 by pooling the resources of half a dozen separate agencies-without any extra cost...