Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pressure of arms has not brought the Big Four any closer to agreement. Last week they met for the fifth time, and were reportedly unable to even agree on an appeal to both sides to cease firing while the talks continue. When the U.S. suggested such a statement, Russia demurred, contending that Egypt could not be blamed for shelling Israeli fortifications on occupied Egyptian territory...
Ransom in Lives. Big Four disagreement, of course, works to the diplomatic advantage of Israel. It has insisted all along that a lasting peace must be negotiated between the Arabs and Israelis alone, a stand that allows Israel to continue to occupy the conquered Arab lands as long as the Arabs refuse to negotiate. Nasser has so far obliged the Israelis, dismissing the notion of direct negotiation as sitting down at a "table of capitulation...
Israel's Premier Golda Meir admitted last week that "if the Big Four should reach agreement, then Israel is in a bad spot," since that would mean big-power pressures to withdraw from the occupied territories on terms negotiated by others. Yet as Israel celebrated its 21st anniversary as a state last week, what should have been a joyful occasion was overshadowed by a sense of siege, evidence enough that Israel has suffered as much as any other country involved from the post-1967 stalemate...
They are not satisfied, however, with their Hondas, which are underpowered for the workout they get on a patrol through the boondocks. "If we had a Harley motor in a frame like this," says Tomusho, "we'd really have something." The foursome would prefer tough scramblers, "with big drive sprockets, knobby wheels-and more vroom." Maintenance is also a problem because of the dust, and spare parts have to be bought in local Vietnamese shops; the U.S. Army does not stock them...
...Born in Berlin 51 years ago, Tichauer indulged a youthful interest in anatomical engineering by watching brewery horses pull their heavy load up the city's slopes. The lithe movements of the big cats, pacing their cages at Berlin's Tiergarten, riveted his attention for hours on end. Studying the exhibit on paleolithic man at the Museum fur Völkerkunde, he pondered the relationship between that brawny prehistoric arm and the stone ax it brandished at onlookers. After earning degrees in science and mechanical engineering, Tichauer decided to investigate for himself...