Word: midstream
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...deans do not contend that all their students should be deferred. "That would be utterly immoral," says Berkeley Graduate Division Dean Sanford S. Elberg. But the universities argue that, whenever possible, students should be called before they enter grad school or after receiving their degrees-and not in academic midstream. Indicating the extent of the schools' concern, the Association of American Universities and the Council of Graduate Schools have petitioned the Defense Department to spell out precisely how many graduate students will be drafted. Professors at many universities are busy writing their Congressmen, friends in the Pentagon and even...
...willing to be faithful when their country was in need. Those men are still with us today. I strongly recommend to my friends who doth protest too much that they not forget those giants across the pond who are losing life and limb. If you change our course in midstream you will have to account to those who risked everything for their country...
...even safe to say, for example, that Johnson would be a shoo-in if he ended the Viet Nam war. Ironical ly, the G.O.P. could benefit, since there would then be no hesitation about "changing horses in midstream," and the key issues would become the President's personality and his management of the Great Society...
...Winds is midstream made Harvard's hope of breaking the 2000-meter course record of 5:54.4, unreasonable, but in the boat's trial heat in the morning it was close. In that race the varsity was clocked at 6:04.2, but then all the qualifying races were fast...
...attack, the Soviets reversed themselves to back the opposition headed by Abdullah Sallal, built him an airport and 150 low-cost houses, promised $72 million more in various projects. None have even been begun, since Moscow is plainly worried that it may have switched to the wrong horse in midstream. All told, Moscow has offered $142 million in aid, and other Red nations another $60 million plus...