Word: bracket
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Hershey said the order should make it more difficult to push deferments into permanent exemptions. It is now fairly easy for graduate students to get through the 18 to 26 year-old draft age bracket on deferments and never be drafted...
...drinks before a late dinner with his second wife, the former Mrs. Priscilla Brush Forney. After the Jell-O and Sanka, Mr. Mac retreats to his den to dip into his briefcase until midnight. McDonnell's sons, J. S. Ill, 31, and John Finney, 29, both hold mid-bracket executive jobs in McDonnell's space center. They are the children of his first wife, who died...
Padlak got his third-place medal with the fastest pin of the tournament, a 1:32 surpriser over Navy's Bob Aarons. To get there, he had to work his way through the consolation bracket after losing his second match to Penn State's Jerry Seaman...
...20th century, that generation looms larger than all the exponential promises of science or technology: it will soon be the majority in charge. In the U.S., citizens of 25 and under in 1966 nearly outnumbered their elders; by 1970, there will be 100 million Americans in that age bracket. In other big, highly industrialized nations, notably Russia and Canada, the young also constitute half the population. If the statistics imply change, the credentials of the younger generation guarantee it. Never have the young been so assertive or so articulate, so well educated or so worldly. Predictably, they are a highly...
...years ago, the total prize money on the pro golf tour amounted to $ 1,791,816. Next year it will hit $5,000,000-which works out to $25,000 a head for the 200 pros on the tour. A fellow could put himself into a way-up tax bracket merely by winning one tournament: the $250,000 Westchester Classic, whose first prize will be $50,000. Or he could try to win them all-in which case his gross would be $1,000,000. Or he could just plug along, enjoying the exercise. If he finished no better than...