Word: wishfully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nevertheless, Lyndon Johnson was irritated at the misses and near misses of targets. The Air Force replied somewhat testily that it should be given an overall mission and allowed to accomplish it in its own way. Last week, for the first time, it got its wish. The tactical objective of the strike near Ban Ban was confined solely to Laos. The bridge over the Nam Mat was instrumental in maintaining the flow of Red supplies to the Pathet Lao-the stretch of Route 7 that was hit is too distant to form part of the Ho Chi Minh trail...
Surveys in both 1955 and 1962 showed that 59% of American men smoked cigarettes, said Dr. Terry. In the fall of 1964, a similar survey showed only 52% smoking. "A decline of seven percentage points," Dr. Terry noted duly, "is certainly less than we would wish." Through 1962, the proportion of women smokers was still increasing, but two years later it had fallen by two to three percentage points...
...began to follow hands and not words. I saw beautiful red lights flash on the back-drop as miserable Oedipus stumbled wretchedly inside to his wife's death at the end, but I did not hear (Oedipus') screaming speech. I am sure it was perfectly spoken, but I wish I hadn't been so fascinated by the blood...
...longer wish to be senior class marshal," Faye Levine '65 announced yesterday. "The whole business is just getting too sordid...
Meanwhile, an unexpected source of opposition to Miss Levine's candidacy appeared over the weekend. "I wish you'd study more," wrote her mother...