Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Domino Dropouts. The disappointing turnout pleased only the swarms of grim-faced FBI men and 8,000 New York police assigned to U.N. security (some of the U.N.'s own 230-man guard force used the occasion to stage a "sick-out" in support of wage demands). In 1960, the 34 world leaders who showed up for the U.N.'s 15th anniversary included such luminaries as Dwight Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev, Jawaharlal Nehru and Fidel Castro...
...support is steadily dwindling...
...program and an eight-point plan submitted by the Viet Cong's Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh last month remain the chief talking points-if the Communists intend to talk, that is. The main sticking points are still the withdrawal of U.S. troops and the end of support of the present Saigon regime...
...KPFT has raised $6,000 locally and gotten a tentative offer of insurance from a consortium, plus financial support from national groups. Some 2,500 Houston listeners have subscribed at $20 per year ($12 for students). Still, KPFT subscribers cannot expect to tune in to their station again for six weeks at the earliest...
...Robert Triffin, a leading monetary expert and a member of TIME'S board of economists, says that the Europeans have decided to challenge the dollar's dominance because "the present system makes them dollar satellites." Under IMF rules, foreign central banks have no practical alternative but to support the value of the dollar by absorbing any surplus dollars that are offered in their own market places...