Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...What of the arms buildup...
Most companies are likely to want to defer expansion programs at least until they can unload the Mt. Everests of unsold goods they have accumulated. Last week the Commerce Department disclosed that largely because of the buildup of unsold autos, business inventories in October rose $5.6 billion, the biggest monthly jump so far this year. Many industries are already operating at only 80% of capacity; they see no urgent reason to increase their production potential in the face of signs that corporate profits may plunge 15% to 20% next year and so long as consumers continue to keep their hands...
...states are involved in the operation. Manure from dairy-barn floors is collected in underground tanks. The mixture is then treated with a chemical concocted by RJB Founder Richard J. Briggs that is the key to the whole enterprise: it permits the material to be shipped without the buildup of dangerous methane gas. Barges and trucks bearing the finished product will soon be on their way to the port of Lake Charles, La., and in late January the first shipload will depart for Dubai. On arrival, the manure will be piped inland and sprayed together with grain seed upon barren...
...continued to remain on the defensive. At a press conference, he tried to counter the arguments that the SALT agreement with the Soviets either did not go far enough in limiting arms or represented undue arms concessions on the part of the U.S. "It puts a cap on future buildups," he insisted, "and it actually reduces a part of the buildup at the present time." Ford was convinced that without the agreement, the Russians intended to construct more than the new limit of 2,400 missile launchers and 1,320 MlRVs...
...doubt to prevent just that, the party has ordered a buildup of highly politicized, worker-led urban militia-apparently to counter the P.L.A.'s role as a national police force. In one remarkable slight to the professional military, Shanghai's model militia force was pa raded before a group of the city's top political leaders; incredibly, the local P.L.A. garrison commander was not even invited to the event. Returning the insult, a majority of P.L.A. regional commanders, in what looks like an act of open insubordination, reportedly refused to attend a meeting called by Peking...