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...plan yielded little drama and few new answers, but it made nearly all the old questions negotiable. It provided a cautious one-year timetable for ending the Viet Nam war, but assured Americans that no one expected their "unlimited patience" in bringing an end to the longest war in U.S. history. Almost every careful statement became a suit for good faith from two wary audiences: the Communist leadership in Viet Nam and the U.S. public. Between them-and under intense pressure from both-stood Richard Nixon. Last week he addressed those two groups in his first comprehensive statement...
...time of the loads' tribulations in Depression-era California. In 1969, the field worker is more likely to be a Chicano-a Mexican-American-than an Okie. And the grapes of Steinbeck's title are at the focal point of one of the decade's longest and most wrathful U.S. labor disputes...
...this year, the California legislature imposed a special half-cent hike in the three counties' state sales tax. This makes BART the largest locally financed public works project in U.S. history. It will also be the world's first fully automated rapid transit system and have the longest (800 ft.) subway station...
...BART is designed to be fast, comfortable, convenient and cheap to use. The 7½-mile trip between San Francisco and Oakland across the Bay Bridge can take 30 minutes or considerably longer in rush-hour jams. Hurtling its riders beneath San Francisco Bay through the world's longest underwater transit tube-3.6 miles-BART will make the trip in nine minutes. The BART trains will hit a top speed of 80 m.p.h. and will average 50 m.p.h., including the time taken at stops. The rides will be soothing. The new cars will have seats comparable to those...
Last year's winner, offensive end Carl Goodwin, had one of the longest injury lists in Harvard history. In addition to an assortment of comparatively minor ailments, Goodman broke his leg and ankle and had four operations...