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...splendid move on the diplomatic/political front, in the effort to achieve a peaceful solution of the quarrel." Sulzberger dissented: "It is fair to ask why Mr. Johnson chose this moment seemingly to alter a Viet Nam strategy that had but recently become more resolute. Waving a carrot may be seen by our adversaries as a sign of weakness." Times editorials have consistently called for deescalation: "What the U.S. is doing in Viet Nam is playing directly into the hands of Communist China by taking actions that lead to a steadily escalating, more dangerous, conflict." Sulzberger has disagreed: "This is admittedly...
...deadly illness or a striking change in the next generation, the impact of genetic mutations caused by radiation is not fully understood. To learn more about these effects, Cornell University Scientists Richard Holsten, Michiyasu Sugii and Frederick Steward conducted an experiment of elegant simplicity. They irradiated single carrot cells in a growth-stimulating broth of coconut milk, planning to grow them into complete plants. Thus any mutations that showed up on the complete plan could be traced back with assurance to radiation-caused changes in the chromosomes of a single microscopic cell...
Magnanimous in victory, McNamara insisted that the beaten executives had performed "a patriotic act of industrial statesmanship." Now that he had so successfully used the stick, he also skillfully brandished a carrot. Said he: "As Secretary of Defense, I am the biggest buyer of aluminum. The department will buy between 300,000 and 400,000 tons of aluminum in 1966 [double its 1965 consumption] which I believe is 10 or 15% of the industry's production." Why buy aluminum when the Government has so much in its stock pile? The explanation was that stockpile aluminum is not completely processed...
...cutting their herds and reducing their feed bills, with the result that fewer and leaner cattle are now coming to market. At the same time, the vegetable supply has been shortened by acts of nature: drought in the Maine and Long Island potato country, heavy rains in the carrot, onion and lettuce fields of the Southwest. Beyond this, the Government's recently imposed restrictions on Mexican braceros and other imported farm labor have reduced the availability of migrant workers to pick ripening crops. Federal economists predict that prices will hold high through August-but then relief will come. Already...
...plot of From Russia With Love is based on Bond's gaming instinct. The chief of an underworld organization called SPECTRE calculates that the carrot of a secret Russian decoding machine along with a sensuous blond would be more than 007 could resist. By eliminating his enemies for him, SPECTRE attempts to build his confidence in his own luck until he finally overplays his hand. But they fail to consider that James Bond is that special kind of gambler, he always wins...