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Yet your editorial said : `` Now the attorney general writes that no considerations ' justify any loss of revenue of this proportion '' '. | writes | {
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Yet your editorial said : `` Now the attorney general writes that no considerations ' justify any loss of revenue of this proportion '' '. | justify | {
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What Mr. Kennedy, in fact, wrote was : `` It is the department 's view that no anti-trust enforcement considerations justify any loss of revenue of this proportion ''. | wrote | {
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What Mr. Kennedy, in fact, wrote was : `` It is the department 's view that no anti-trust enforcement considerations justify any loss of revenue of this proportion ''. | was | {
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What Mr. Kennedy, in fact, wrote was : `` It is the department 's view that no anti-trust enforcement considerations justify any loss of revenue of this proportion ''. | is | {
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What Mr. Kennedy, in fact, wrote was : `` It is the department 's view that no anti-trust enforcement considerations justify any loss of revenue of this proportion ''. | justify | {
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The editorial, by omitting the words anti-trust enforcement, totally distorted Mr. Kennedy 's views. | omitting | {
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The editorial, by omitting the words anti-trust enforcement, totally distorted Mr. Kennedy 's views. | distorted | {
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The headline is offensive, particularly in view of the total inaccuracy of the editorial. | is | {
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I concur most heartily with today 's letter on the futility of writing to Sen. Dirksen and Sen. Douglas. | concur | {
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I concur most heartily with today 's letter on the futility of writing to Sen. Dirksen and Sen. Douglas. | writing | {
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But when you write to Congresswoman Church, bless her heart, your letter is answered fully and completely. | write | {
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But when you write to Congresswoman Church, bless her heart, your letter is answered fully and completely. | answered | {
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Should she disagree, she explains why in detail. | disagree | {
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When she agrees, you can rest assured her position will remain unchanged. | agrees | {
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When she agrees, you can rest assured her position will remain unchanged. | rest | {
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When she agrees, you can rest assured her position will remain unchanged. | remain | {
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I think we have the hardest working, best representative in Congress. | think | {
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I think we have the hardest working, best representative in Congress. | have | {
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I think we have the hardest working, best representative in Congress. | working | {
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A recent news story reported that Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin delayed 103 airplane passengers 10 minutes in London while they finished their drinks. | reported | {
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A recent news story reported that Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin delayed 103 airplane passengers 10 minutes in London while they finished their drinks. | delayed | {
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A recent news story reported that Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin delayed 103 airplane passengers 10 minutes in London while they finished their drinks. | finished | {
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They do our country great harm by such actions. | do | {
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Those in the public eye should be good examples of American citizens while abroad. | be | {
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The plane should have started at the scheduled time and left Sinatra and Martin to guzzle. | started | {
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The plane should have started at the scheduled time and left Sinatra and Martin to guzzle. | left | {
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The plane should have started at the scheduled time and left Sinatra and Martin to guzzle. | guzzle | {
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Overt socialism means government ownership and management of a nation 's main industries. | means | {
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In covert socialism - toward which America is moving - private enterprise retains the ownership title to industries but government thru direct intervention and excessive regulations actually controls them. | moving | {
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In covert socialism - toward which America is moving - private enterprise retains the ownership title to industries but government thru direct intervention and excessive regulations actually controls them. | controls | {
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In order to attract new industries, 15 states or more are issuing tax free bonds to build government owned plants which are leased to private enterprise. | attract | {
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In order to attract new industries, 15 states or more are issuing tax free bonds to build government owned plants which are leased to private enterprise. | issuing | {
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This is a step toward overt socialism. | is | {
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Issuing bonds for plant construction has brought new industries to certain regions. | Issuing | {
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With this evidence in mind, the writer began to plan how he might more effectively educate the married students in his functional classes. | began | {
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Toward the end of the semester 's work, he interviewed every married class member at great length. | interviewed | {
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He found, as he had suspected, a general consensus that perhaps over half of the present functionally designed course was not really functional for these students. | found | {
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He found, as he had suspected, a general consensus that perhaps over half of the present functionally designed course was not really functional for these students. | was | {
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However, all admitted that the `` hind sight '' was not altogether lost. | admitted | {
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In fact, they went so far as to caution the writer that if he attempted to design a section exclusively for married students there should be, at the beginning, some `` hind sight '' study ; but they all hastened to add that certainly less time was needed on it than presently spent. | went | {
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In fact, they went so far as to caution the writer that if he attempted to design a section exclusively for married students there should be, at the beginning, some `` hind sight '' study ; but they all hastened to add that certainly less time was needed on it than presently spent. | caution | {
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In fact, they went so far as to caution the writer that if he attempted to design a section exclusively for married students there should be, at the beginning, some `` hind sight '' study ; but they all hastened to add that certainly less time was needed on it than presently spent. | attempted | {
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In fact, they went so far as to caution the writer that if he attempted to design a section exclusively for married students there should be, at the beginning, some `` hind sight '' study ; but they all hastened to add that certainly less time was needed on it than presently spent. | design | {
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In fact, they went so far as to caution the writer that if he attempted to design a section exclusively for married students there should be, at the beginning, some `` hind sight '' study ; but they all hastened to add that certainly less time was needed on it than presently spent. | be | {
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In fact, they went so far as to caution the writer that if he attempted to design a section exclusively for married students there should be, at the beginning, some `` hind sight '' study ; but they all hastened to add that certainly less time was needed on it than presently spent. | hastened | {
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In fact, they went so far as to caution the writer that if he attempted to design a section exclusively for married students there should be, at the beginning, some `` hind sight '' study ; but they all hastened to add that certainly less time was needed on it than presently spent. | add | {
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In fact, they went so far as to caution the writer that if he attempted to design a section exclusively for married students there should be, at the beginning, some `` hind sight '' study ; but they all hastened to add that certainly less time was needed on it than presently spent. | needed | {
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In fact, they went so far as to caution the writer that if he attempted to design a section exclusively for married students there should be, at the beginning, some `` hind sight '' study ; but they all hastened to add that certainly less time was needed on it than presently spent. | spent | {
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All of them felt a compelling need for more coverage on areas that could be only lightly touched upon in a general survey functional course. | felt | {
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All of them felt a compelling need for more coverage on areas that could be only lightly touched upon in a general survey functional course. | touched upon | {
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A few were doubtful about the merits of an exclusive section for married students. | were | {
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As one of them expressed it, `` It has done me a world of good to listen to the nai ^ ve questions and comments of these not-yet-married people. | expressed | {
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As one of them expressed it, `` It has done me a world of good to listen to the nai ^ ve questions and comments of these not-yet-married people. | done | {
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As one of them expressed it, `` It has done me a world of good to listen to the nai ^ ve questions and comments of these not-yet-married people. | listen | {
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I can now better see just what processes provoked certain actions from me in the past. | see | {
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I can now better see just what processes provoked certain actions from me in the past. | provoked | {
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Had I been in an all-married section I would have missed this, and I believe that this single aspect has been of great personal value to me ''. | been | {
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Had I been in an all-married section I would have missed this, and I believe that this single aspect has been of great personal value to me ''. | missed | {
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Had I been in an all-married section I would have missed this, and I believe that this single aspect has been of great personal value to me ''. | believe | {
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Had I been in an all-married section I would have missed this, and I believe that this single aspect has been of great personal value to me ''. | been | {
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This comment and others similar to it, would seem to indicate a possible justification for continuing the status quo. | indicate | {
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This comment and others similar to it, would seem to indicate a possible justification for continuing the status quo. | continuing | {
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But the weight of feeling was heavily in the opposite direction. | was | {
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Thus, the writer decided to hold one experimental section of the functional preparation for marriage course in the spring semester of 1960 exclusively for persons already married - that is, prerequisite : `` marriage ''. | decided | {
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Thus, the writer decided to hold one experimental section of the functional preparation for marriage course in the spring semester of 1960 exclusively for persons already married - that is, prerequisite : `` marriage ''. | hold | {
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This did not mean that married students could not enroll in other `` mixed '' sections, and some of them, largely because of scheduling difficulties, did. | mean | {
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This did not mean that married students could not enroll in other `` mixed '' sections, and some of them, largely because of scheduling difficulties, did. | enroll | {
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But only those already married could enroll in this one section. | enroll | {
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In addition, two other differences in the two types of sections must be noted. | noted | {
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1 ) The regular sections do not allow freshmen ; this one did. | allow | {
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This action was rationalized on the basis of a small survey which indicated that a high percentage of married freshmen women on our campus never become sophomores. | rationalized | {
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This action was rationalized on the basis of a small survey which indicated that a high percentage of married freshmen women on our campus never become sophomores. | indicated | {
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This action was rationalized on the basis of a small survey which indicated that a high percentage of married freshmen women on our campus never become sophomores. | become | {
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Many of them appear to drop out, for one reason or another. | appear | {
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Many of them appear to drop out, for one reason or another. | drop out | {
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By permitting freshman students we might extend the opportunity for such a course to some individuals who otherwise might never get to take it. | permitting | {
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By permitting freshman students we might extend the opportunity for such a course to some individuals who otherwise might never get to take it. | extend | {
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By permitting freshman students we might extend the opportunity for such a course to some individuals who otherwise might never get to take it. | get | {
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By permitting freshman students we might extend the opportunity for such a course to some individuals who otherwise might never get to take it. | take | {
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This has subsequently been verified by the experience. | verified | {
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2 ) Auditors were encouraged. | encouraged | {
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In the regular sections they have always been more or less discouraged. | discouraged | {
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The philosophy has been that if they could find the time to attend class why not encourage them to get the credit and perhaps provide an incentive to do the work more effectively. | been | {
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The philosophy has been that if they could find the time to attend class why not encourage them to get the credit and perhaps provide an incentive to do the work more effectively. | find | {
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The philosophy has been that if they could find the time to attend class why not encourage them to get the credit and perhaps provide an incentive to do the work more effectively. | attend | {
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The philosophy has been that if they could find the time to attend class why not encourage them to get the credit and perhaps provide an incentive to do the work more effectively. | encourage | {
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