Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...immediate danger of an unanswered Soviet arms buildup is that it could prompt other countries to bow to Moscow's demands in some future diplomatic crisis. Explains London's Burt: "If the U.S. decided not to keep pace with the Soviets in strategic competition, it could signal a lack of resolve to America's allies." Another danger is that the Soviets may try to take advantage of either a real or merely a perceived superiority and expand their sphere of influence. Says General David C. Jones, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff: "In many parts of the world, the Soviets...
...Lost Buildup. If those final moments of the first of four David Frost interviews with Nixon were moving, it is a measure of the widespread cynicism Nixon has so long evoked that they seem destined to do little to restore his lost respect. As TIME correspondents probed public reaction to the show, they found an overwhelming majority of viewers still as turned off by Nixon as ever. Many even wondered whether Nixon's limited apologia was heartfelt or merely Checkers-style hokum...
...unsuccessful efforts by the gentlemanly British interviewer to elicit some admission of responsibility and guilt. The final Nixon monologue that was shown was in fact the culmination of a long period of mounting tension on the homey seaside set in California, but this was not apparent to viewers. The buildup was lost and so, too, was the incongruous end of the session. When Nixon had finished his peroration, technicians rushed to shake his hand, congratulating him for getting such a burden off his chest. Frost solicitously walked the ex-President to his Lincoln. Then, as Nixon rode away, Frost clapped...
...hampered by heavy seas. Two American experts, Asger ("Boots") Hansen and Richard ("Toots") Hatteberg, flew in from Texas to try to cap the well, and encountered more problems than they had expected. High winds stymied their earliest attempts to get aboard the platform; later a potentially dangerous gas buildup around the wellhead forced them to retreat temporarily. Using brass tools to avoid striking sparks that could ignite the gas, the Americans made four unsuccessful attempts to shut off the flow. At week's end-bolstered by the arrival of their boss, famed oilwell troubleshooter Paul ("Red") Adair-they finally...
...Imperial Hotel, the Soviet headquarters. A Russian sentry trained his submachine gun on the lanky Harvard student. Recalls Schlesinger: "With a rare gesture of compassion, he waved the barrel, motioning me on. I moved." But he remembered the incident when later assessing the attitude behind the continuing Soviet military buildup...