Word: greater
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...committee's proposals also include an expansion of pass/fail options for both honors and non-honors concentrators. However, non-honors majors would still have greater freedom in this area...
...Greater Degree. Consider the results: twelve of the 16 Senate committee chairmen are 65 and over; five of these are in their 70s, and one is 80. Fourteen of the 21 chairmen in the House of Representatives are 65 and over, seven in their 70s, two in their 80s. The figures are comparable for the Republicans and will be about the same in the new Congress, despite the death, retirement, or defeat in the recent elections of several powerful patriarchs...
...Whites Allowed. Soul Alley is home for somewhere between 300 and 500 black AWOLS and deserters. They escape arrest by using forged ID cards and mixing with the even greater number of G.I.s who are still on active duty but prefer spending nights here, away from the drabness of their barracks. There were roughly 65,000 cases of AWOL last year, and the Army estimates that about 1,000 soldiers will become deserters this year (no racial breakdowns are available...
...goes to the White House for Nixon's signature, which is assured. Meanwhile, another part of the President's program is moving faster than anyone expected. The Bureau of Indian Affairs, traditionally staffed by patronage appointees, is being reorganized to permit the tribes to have greater control over their destinies...
When pressed to reveal in greater detail the progress of his Vietnamization program, the president refused to specify a date for the final withdrawal of American troops. He repeated that he would continue to withhold the information as long as the Paris peace talks continue...