Word: constant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Administration's catch phrases. Richard Nixon appealed to it on Nov. 3 to stand by his war policies. Its opposite, of course, is the unsilent minority, which Spiro Agnew, who has been running regular Thursday-night beat-the-press shows, defines as "an arrogant few" dissenters. Such constant reference to that magic line of 51% of the people-whether friends above it or opponents below it-may end up looking like a form of insecurity. After the Senate rejected Judge Clement Haynsworth for the Supreme Court, the President observed, naturally enough, "I deeply regret this action." But then...
Despite the blanket of official silence, there is one publication in Russia that records the protests and persecution of the country's dissenters. It is a small, often tattered, clandestine newsletter called Chronicle of Current Events. Despite constant KGB (secret police) efforts to stamp it out, the Chronicle, which usually runs no more than 40 typescript pages, circulates among intellectuals in major Soviet cities with the speed of a brush fire...
...Harvard victory lies in the effectiveness of its defense and its kicking game. With Singleterry leading the league in punting, Harvard seems fairly solid in that department, and Richie Szaro, whose field goals and conversions have made him the top scorer on the Crimson varsity, should be a constant threat...
...Shades of gay! Apparently only Mother Nature knows for sure the causes of homosexuality [Oct. 311 or what to do about it and, by golly, she's not talking. To her there is no such thing as perfection; otherwise, she'd stop her constant press of evolving. Always experimenting, that bitch...
...nickel for defense use. The U.S. may be forced to look for a shiny substitute for the metal that goes into dimes and quarters and makes up 25% of the content of nickels. Thefts of nickel from private warehouses have become common. Manufacturers in civilian markets are in a constant scramble for nickel, some of them patronizing a black market and paying as much as $9 a pound. Small businessmen have taken the hardest beating; they did not have the capital to lay in large supplies before the strike. Eventually, consumers will have to pay more for carving knives, stainless...