Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nighttime runs. Huge transport planes thundered ceaselessly into Cairo's airport, disgorging men and equipment. These mysterious comings and goings a few months ago signaled a major expansion of the Soviet Union's presence in Egypt. Some diplomats compare it to the beginnings of the U.S. buildup in South Viet Nam in the mid-1960s...
Three years of unresolved hostility help account for the change. Every border settlement exists under the gun. This week it is the frontier with Lebanon (see following story). Next week it might be the border with Syria. The greatest cause of concern, however, is the big Soviet buildup in Egypt and what the Israelis regard as a timid U.S. response -though Washington last week began talking considerably tougher...
...electric current and transmit the data to a central Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken computer located in the nearby town of Schiedam. If the SO., level rises above .5 parts per million, the computer sounds an alarm and an electronic map pinpoints the offending plant. If weather conditions indicate a pollution buildup in the area, the computer operator calls the offender and requests a cutback in waste emissions...
During the past eight years, the Soviets have been engaged in a massive and costly military buildup. They have been motivated both by a desire to overtake the U.S. and by deep fear of a possible war with China, an anxiety that is certain to intensify with the launching of Peking's first satellite (see story, page 47). At home and abroad, the Russian military has become an increasingly important factor. In foreign policy, the Soviets are relying ever more on military presence and displays of armed might to tighten their control over East Europe or to influence uncommitted...
...Soviets have paid a high price for their military buildup. Though they have assembled an impressive array of military might, they have done so at the cost of neglecting important sectors of their economy. The heavy emphasis on defense spending is one main reason why large sectors of Soviet industry have lagged so far behind in modernization. The Soviets have given up a whole array of consumer goods that other people in other countries, even within Eastern Europe, take for granted...