Word: armorers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...succeeding years have stripped away the silver-plated armor of Massachusetts voters, leaving only their tough Democratic nature exposed--and even that may be losing some of its sheen. In 1976, a cocky Jimmy Carter gathered a meager 14 per cent in a heavy snowstorm to finish behind Henry Jackson, George Wallace, and Mo Udall. Two years later, liberal Governor Michael S. Dukakis, who now teaches public policy at the Kennedy School of Government, lost in the gubernatorial primary to old-style Democrat Edward J. King. A Kennedy drubbing would deligh King, who beat liberal Republican Frank Hatch and took...
...Those who remained under sustained and unremitting fire could partially armor themselves with the apathy of the half-dead; but those who had to come and go . . . those were the ones who paid the heaviest price...
...next two years, until the final third of Sinai is returned to Egyptian control, the Israelis will be stationed east of the Ras Muhammad-El Arish interim line. No longer will Israeli forces command the strategic desert passes of Mitla and Giddi, which became the graveyard of Egyptian armor in 1967. With memories of the Six-Day War in mind, Israel's Chief of Staff, General Rafael Eitan, told his troops last week that "it took nothing less than peace to make us give up the Sinai...
...massive Soviet deployment of armored vehicles in Afghanistan has pointed up a growing armor gap between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. The BMDS, BMPS and the Soviets' main battle tank, the T-12, are as good as, if not better than, any armored vehicle the U.S. presently has in use. The Pentagon is trying to surpass Soviet tank technology with the Chrysler-built XM1, which has had numerous problems with its gas-turbine engine. Only 110 of the 54-ton XMls are expected to be produced this year. Meanwhile, the U.S.S.R. currently has between...
Warns Christopher Foss, British editor of the authoritative Jane's Armour and Artillery 1979-1980: "The armor gap is so great that the West is falling hopelessly behind in getting vehicles into the field." By 1987, the U.S. Army hopes to deploy 7,000 XM1 tanks to counter the threat of the 25,000 T-72s and tens of thousands of other armored vehicles the Soviets will have by that year. But the Pentagon's goals are at the mercy of congressional cutbacks and increased production costs. Meanwhile, the Soviets are developing a brand-new tank...