Word: alarmistic
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...televised interview aired throughout West Pakistan last week, General Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan was almost preternaturally calm as he uttered the chilling words. "Total war with India is very near," said Pakistan's President. "There is a limit to our patience, and we are very close to it." Alarmist talk? Perhaps. Yet in the capitals of both countries, foreign diplomats rate the chances of averting a conflict at no better than fifty-fifty...
Arab Buildup. On the eve of Sisco's trip, pro-Israel politicians in the U.S. have been spreading alarmist reports about a significant buildup of Arab airpower. The Egyptians, according to Washington estimates, have received 100 MIGs since last September, in addition to 80 MI-8 troop-carrying helicopters. Syria has got 30 MIGs, five Sukh017 fighter-bombers and 22 helicopters. All together, there are now nearly 600 Soviet-built planes in the area, some flown by Soviet pilots...
...past three years its sales to the U.S. have exceeded its purchases by more than $1 billion. The American shoe, textile, electronics and other industries have not only lost sales and profits to the Japanese but jobs as well. A member of the Nixon Cabinet voices the alarmist view held in some high Government circles: "The Japanese are still fighting the war, only now instead of a shooting war it is an economic war. Their immediate intention is to try to dominate the Pacific and then perhaps the world...
...debate was the painful proposition that of the $1.3 billion originally planned for the prototype, $800 million has already been spent. Was it reasonable to stop now? The environmental argument won; even though the environmental fears are largely unproven, and much of the outcry may be unduly alarmist, the counterarguments were not strong enough to overcome the doubts. Only the ground-noise problem is generally conceded. Both the White House and Transportation Secretary John Volpe stressed continued support for the SST and its importance to the economy. Nixon called the Senate vote a "devastating mistake," and Volpe spoke of "future...
...Your Chile story [Nov. 2] has an alarmist and overall negative slant that obscures the solidarity, caution and inner confidence that General Schneider's assassination tested and seemingly proved. It is a time for maximum sensitivity and understanding from the North. The potential for growth of a democracy in Latin America is much more momentous than the foreseeable dangers of repressive leftism. A bumper sticker here says: "Ser Libre Es Participar [to be free is to participate]." This is what most of us believe in here, where I find in informed (non-American) sources guarded optimism and new purpose...