Word: call
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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McNamara must also ponder where he would get additional troops, and how much they would cost. While one division could be created before the end of the year from the divisions and brigades still left in the U.S., anything more than that would require higher draft calls or some call-up of Reserves. And while one additional division could operate within the present logistic base in Viet Nam, with only a small (10,000 men) supply detachment of its own, two or three divisions would require a much broader support base-and many more men. Thus, since it would need...
Moynihan's phone call to Kodak in June was the prime mover in resuming negotiations, which at the end of twelve days resulted in the pact which satisfied both sides. During those days, Moynihan was immersed in what he calls a "complex process"--a process by which he evidently placed drops of oil, via telephone, on a few strategic points of friction...
...however, when the radio and TV can present sensational news much more quickly and more vividly than can printing presses, there isn't much call for a sensational newspaper. And in a city that sees nearly 20 editions of its newspapers a day, there is even less call for a second-rate paper. Try as it might (and it did try) the Traveler could never out-Hearst Hearst's BostonRecord-American, nor could it ever be as chatty and informal (and theTraveler tried this too) as the Taylor Family's Boston Globe. Unable to find a secure niche for itself...
...understatement at the beginning of the war, advertised sales of "current needs"-muslin cloth to prevent windowpanes from shattering, schoolchildren's identity disks and first-aid kits. For anyone whose automobile had been requisitioned by the army, Hertz Rent A Car had a solution: "Give us a call...
...under the strain, rages at the boys, warns the loose-lipped girls, "Nobody likes a slut for long." He throws away the books, begins discussing such forbidden subjects as sex and rebellion. The shock treatment works. The class regards him with a mixture of awe and fear, begins to call him "Sir." One of the girls (Judy Geeson) falls in love with him, and one of the boys challenges him to a boxing match. The boy loses, gaining Poitier the final measure of respect. By the time that Poitier receives a job offer from a Midlands factory, the once hostile...