Word: seconds
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...President pleaded for renewed life for the SST, because abandoning it would mean that the U.S., "which has been first in the world in commercial aviation from the time of the Wright brothers, decides not just to be second, but not even to show." Whatever the specific merits of the SST, given the present mood of malaise−and the President's own stated priorities−it seemed more urgent for the nation to worry about being first in the vitality of the cities, in standards of education, in fighting pollution, in aiding the poor, in race relations...
...that it could all happen again. As the walkout proved, even a brief suspension of service has an impact. Hundreds of thousands of commuters, for example, were forced to improvise means of getting to work and back. The post office, struggling through the Christmas rush, had to embargo all second, third and fourth class mail traveling more than 300 miles...
Although he decided yesterday not to grant the course for next Spring, Bok promised " to do everything possible to provide the course next year for second- or third-year students...
...concept of resident control, in fact, was doomed from the start-a glorious idea that simply couldn't work. The major benefits from CDA have not diffused to all neighborhood residents-although the Cambridge project is the second smallest in the country. The ones who benefit from Model Cities services are the aggressive types, the go-getters, the volunteers-precisely the ones who need assistance the least...
...with a carefully prepared statement. Two weeks ago he told the City Council, "This council which had the guts and awareness to vote in rent control without any preparation should realize that it was a sad mistake and vote it out. Cambridge will become a fear-ridden and crummy second class city unless the council takes some action...