Word: although
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Although Symington optimistically estimated that his plan would save $8 billion, it was not likely to find many backers either in the Pentagon or on Capitol Hill. Even President Eisenhower's mod erate efforts at service reorganization, approved by Congress in 1958, have yet to be given a thorough trial, and that crusty Democrat, Carl Vinson, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has made it clear that he thinks even the Eisenhower efforts...
Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma of Laos is clearly a man who prefers the comforting sound of temple bells to the strident sounds of war. And although he was hoisted to the premiership by young (26) and moody Paratroop Captain Kong Le after a successful coup d'état in August, Souvanna basically abhorred soldiers in government ("There is always a coup in the offing"). He loved peace. To re-establish it after seven years of trouble with the pro-Communist Pathet Lao, Souvanna hopefully sought to end the nagging civil war by forming a government of "national union" that...
...Although matches this week have altered the Crimson's lineup slightly, the who trounced M.I.T. will try to win against the Oadets...
Last Sunday afternoon Seeger sang in Boston to an audience composed mainly of school children. Needless to say, he went through his familiar introductions; but although this might have been the ten thousandth time that he was explaining how "On Top of Old Smoky" was recorded in the Ozarks in the '30's, he still managed to instill in the youngsters his dedication to the idea that folk music is folk music...
...Harvard expecting to achieve something beyond academic growth. They expressed vague expectations such as finding an identity or a direction for their lives to take. Whitla quoted one as saying, "what I wanted out of Harvard was something of a personal growth rather than actually an intellectual achievement, although I have had aspirations toward intellectual achievement, of course." In many cases, what they sought was a model, someone who would motivate them toward becoming a particular kind of person. Whether or not the student did in fact find a man on the faculty to identify with, he generally assumed that...