Word: airing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...about a decade and requires some 20 to 30 test flights, Brown said: "It is inconceivable to me that the Soviets could develop, produce, test and deploy a new ICBM in a way that would evade this monitoring network." (Even as Brown was discussing Soviet testing, the deadly U.S. air-launched cruise missile was beginning a crucial phase of development. See SCIENCE...
...Arthur Andersen & Co. accounting firm, a senior officer reported: "We just turned the thermostat down. In a couple days they'll come around and turn it up, but then we'll turn it back down again." Insisted a liquor-store owner in Boston: "When they turn the air conditioning off in the White House, then I'll turn up my thermostat...
...Perhaps the chair reflects the views of his own generation," explained the 66-year-old O'Neill, "but he feels that this is one of those ways he shows his respect for this institution. Through the years, members in this chamber, long before air conditioning, wore wigs and swallow-tailed coats and high mufflers. The chair thinks this history shows respect for the Congress...
...refugees. To underline the importance that Washington gives to this ever growing tragedy, the U.S. delegation was led by Vice President Walter Mondale. He condemned Viet Nam as the sole cause of the Indochina exodus, and reinforced President Carter's promise that the U.S. would begin naval and air operations to pick up thousands of "boat people" who have fled Viet Nam in overcrowded, unseaworthy vessels. One ranking U.S. official estimates that since last May 30,000 to 50,000 people have drowned each month in their attempts to escape. Mondale also said that the Administration would ask Congress...
...used for internal security on an archipelago that includes more than 3,000 islands. It packs no offensive punch, the logistics are wretched and communications all but impossible. The Indonesian navy, one of the largest in Asia, has three submarines, eleven frigates and 22 large patrol craft. The air force has 28,000 men but only 32 combat aircraft-some of them out of service because of a lack of spare parts...