Word: allowables
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...trip, sponsored by "A Quaker Action Group," turned to North Vietnam, after the government of South Vietnam had refused to allow Phoenix to unload its material in Danang and again at Saigon. In both ports, what Brazton called "mysterious accidental collisions" with South Vietnamese patrol boats resulted in damage to the Quaker ship...
...surveillance of all military installations, including nuclear facilities. The idea had not been favored by most U.S. military men, and the Russians rejected it as an espionage ploy. The Russians countered with a ground checkup system -which Eisenhower accepted in principle-but the idea fell through when Moscow would allow only three token look-sees a year. Today there is still no formal inspection procedure, although satellite surveillance and seismic detection devices have made it easier to keep track of nuclear installations and large detonations worldwide...
...might also signal a new era in civilian-pas-senger and freight transportation. Lockheed plans to put out a nonmilitary version of the C-5-the L-500-by 1971. In an all-passenger configuration, the L-500 could conceivably carry up to 1,000 people, which would allow airlines to slice New York-London fares...
...Wayne County Port Commission estimated that the tie-up was costing Michigan business $500,000 a day in lost revenues. "We expect some such stupidity as this about ten days a year," said President John D. Leitch of Toronto's Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd., "and we try to allow for it in our pricing system...
...book from court testimony, police records, newspaper accounts, sometimes inaccurate, of the shootings, and a series of interviews Hersey held with survivors, policemen, and the families of the slain men. This technique succeeds, more or less, in achieving the believability for which Hersey strives, but Hersey's refusal to allow himself any room for speculation forces him to leave unanswered some of the most important questions about the events of that Wednesday night...