Word: finalizing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Right to Choose. Ike's final point was a promise of continued nonintervention, along with an oblique reference to Cuba and all nations that accept "the fatalistic concept of the omnipotent state and the omnipotent fate." Said he: "You of Brazil and we of my country do not say that this philosophy shall not be held: that peoples may not return to that unenlightened system of tyranny, if they wish. We would feel a great sorrow for them, but we would respect their right to choose such a system. Here is the key to our policy-the right...
...Brown, left with the final decision, was rocked by indecision: a longtime opponent of capital punishment, Brown, for eight years California's attorney general, nevertheless believed Chessman to be guilty, unrepentant and undeserving of clemency. Observed Chessman shrewdly at a press conference: The issue of capital punishment would be so much clearer if he were dead...
...bothered to celebrate her 19th birthday three days before the race. In perfect control, Heidi sacrificed some speed by beginning her turn two-thirds of the way down the schuss, but shaved the corner so closely that she missed the main heave of the bump, tamed Airplane Turn. Her final time beat Penny's by a full second...
Exchange Program. In Laramie, Wyo., when University of Wyoming Student Mrs. Bonny Rininger asked for a baby sitter so that she could take her final exam, her professor obliged, minded the baby while mother scored 93 on the exam...
...precious hundredth of a second. On the Cortina run last month, Monti won his fourth straight two-man world title by teaming with Brakeman Renzo Alvera (who ekes out a living sweeping the local rink). In the four-man competition, Monti was back in third place on the final day when he laconically informed his crew that he was going for broke. Rocketing with controlled fury down the icy run, Monti gave his crew such a ride that they won the world championship by .21 sec. "All I ask is that my crew sit quiet," says Monti. "They can even...