Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Better Clue. For once, neither superpower was directly involved. The Administration, in fact, had seemed to be uncertain about how much credence to give early intelligence reports that told of the buildup of Arab forces a week before the war. In his discussions with Arab Foreign Ministers before the war, Secretary of State Kissinger remarked, not one had indicated that the military buildup was a prelude to a resumption of fighting; instead, the discussions had centered on finding a means for new negotiations...
...Croesus. Moscow has not objected publicly to Iran's military buildup, but Iraq, which broke off diplomatic relations with Teheran in 1970, has, calling it "chauvinistic, aggressive and adventuristic." Another nation disturbed by the pace of Iran's armament is India. New Delhi is worried about Iranian influence in the Indian Ocean and also fears that some of Iran's weapons will eventually end up in Pakistan...
Atherosclerosis, a form of arteriosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, is a major cause of the heart disease that claims more than 1,000,000 American lives each year. Most doctors believe that fats like cholesterol are primarily responsible for the gradual arterial buildup of the hard, fibrous deposits that characterize the condition. A University of Washington pathologist offers a startlingly different explanation. Relegating cholesterol to a secondary role in heart disease, Dr. Earl Benditt suggests that atherosclerotic deposits, or plaques, may be derived from a single abnormal cell that multiplies into tumor-like growths...
Businessmen, too, are turning frugal. Inventory buildup, which has contributed much to the corporate spending surge, decelerated by 50% in April, to $720 million. That is by far the smallest outlay in the past nine months. Capital spending plans are also being curtailed. In May, for example, a McGraw-Hill survey reported that businessmen round the country intended to raise plant-and-equipment spending this year by 19%. The latest Government study in June put the increase at a more modest 13%. Otto Eckstein, another member of TIME's board, predicts that the increase in capital outlays...
...conventional weapons are concerned, there is no sign that the Soviets intend to reduce the pace of their military buildup. The enlargement of their already substantial navy continues, as does the expansion of their air force. The Russians have dragged their feet at the Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction talks now going on in Vienna. Only after the West reluctantly agreed to accept Hungary's observer status at the talks, effectively removing from the negotiations the 40,000 Soviet troops on Hungarian soil, was work on the agenda begun. Nixon needs some kind of reciprocal withdrawal by the Russians...