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...Vance was a leftover World War II DE with popgun armament and an arthritic engine room, decked out as a DER (Destroyer Escort, Radar) and dispatched to help keep track of junks along the Viet Nam coast. Arnheiter, who became her new skipper at Christmas time 1966, was another sort of updated archaism. Machinery bored and confused him. He flunked out of West Point before squeaking into-and through-Annapolis. But he was a champion debater and his head was stuffed with nautical heroes and hero worship, as well as fine sea-fighting phrases ("Seek out, engage, destroy...
...Sato government has been trying for some time to allay fears of nuclear weaponry among the Japanese people. Many observers here feel that, despite official disclaimers, this is part of government plans to pave the way for popular acceptance of Japanese nuclear armament, now non-existent. Certainly, Japanese industry is ready. It is estimated that nuclear warheads could be produced within two years at the most...
Further, the funding proposal cited the kinds of data collections with which CAM would work: "world economic statistics," "U.S. economic statistics," "international armament expenditures and trends," "public opinion polls from all countries," "characteristics of local conflicts and limited was crises," "data on youth movements," "mass unrest and political movements under conditions of rapid social change," "peasant attitudes and behavior," and many more...
...completely surrounded by East Germany. But for that, it might be just another pleasant suburb. Big pines and oaks line the cobblestoned streets. The tile-roofed, many-gabled single-family houses have roughcast beige exteriors, carefully tended gardens and little fences around every yard. But Steinstucken is surrounded by armament-bristling concrete towers that allow East German "Vopos" to peer into bedroom windows...
...Europe, Japan and even the Soviet Union. In the past few years Moscow has established diplomatic relations with eight Latin American countries and sharply increased its trade with them to more than $300 million annually. France has invaded a traditional U.S. aircraft market with Mirage jets. In all, European armament firms have sold Latin Americans $1.1 billion worth of arms...