Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time he vowed not to send American boys to do the fighting that Asians should do for themselves. With some casuistry, Johnson believes he fulfilled this pledge, since there were thousands of South Vietnamese under arms?and still the situation was critical?before the major U.S. troop buildup began. The U.S. only did what the Asians could not do for themselves...
...before putting more men in, for by then Viet Nam was almost lost. Another mistake, he feels, was failing to institute censorship?not to cover up mistakes, but to prevent the enemy from knowing what the U.S. was going to do next. As for trying to hide the troop buildup, L.B.J.'s rationale is that he was trying to avoid inflaming hawk sentiment in the U.S. and to avoid goading Hanoi into calling on the Communist Chinese for help...
...Cope. In clinical studies involving 500 people, Sulman's team experienced few problems in treating the majority of patients. Small doses of drugs called monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors aided the elderly by slowing the breakdown of adrenaline. Drugs that prevent serotonin buildup helped those adversely affected by the ionized air. So did the lonotron, a machine the size of a tabletop radio. Developed by Hebrew University scientists, the device supplies negative electricity to an indoor area, bringing relief to overcharged victims...
According to the Benoit study: "Assuming that aid cuts will be inevitable after 1972, it would seem reasonable to aim for U.S. residual financing of a pre-buildup (i-e-1964) level of per capita imports, adjusted for price increases. We estimate this for 1975 at $514 million in 1969 (U.S. export) prices, but we project a further $70 million of Republic of Vietnam capital imports, financed by an assumed increase in non-U.S. aid and loans between...
...nation as committed to freedom of choice as the U.S., the very idea seems repellent. Yet what the U.S. now has may be even worse: economic manipulation of the manpower market without adequate long-range planning. The buildup of the scientists and engineers after Sputnik was accomplished at considerable public expense with grants to students and universities from dozens of Government agencies. The carrot, not the stick, filled the graduate schools with young scientists?and then to their dismay and confusion, the carrot was withdrawn...