Word: centrality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...accomplishments of the Soviet economy mentioned by Soviet Letter Writer Ivan Romanov [Nov. 12] are impressive; yet it might be relevant to look also at some of the statistics that most closely affect the Soviet citizen's welfare. Definitive figures will become available only when the central statistical administration publishes its 1965 report next January, but it is possible to make the following estimates on the basis of the official nine-month report and recent speeches by Kosygin, Polyansky and I. T. Novikov. Within the overall volume of industrial production, the targets for producer goods will easily be overfulfilled...
...well have been the 1st Air Cav's threatened interdiction of the enemy's manpower pipeline that produced the unprecedented ferocity of Communist attacks last week. For Chu Pong is clearly a central enemy enclave and funnel point into South Viet Nam. On the Cambodian side, the hills slope gently, allowing easy access for the supplies and men arriving from the North. To the east, the la Drang River provides easy transport and a natural gateway to Viet Nam's central highlands-whose takeover some U.S. intelligence experts believe to be the goal of Hanoi...
...just as well for Kasavubu that he was not on hand. By the time the final name on the roll (Senator Emile Zola from Kongo Central) was called, Parliament had thrown out his handpicked Kimba regime by a vote of 134 to 121 and handed Tshombe a narrow but satisfying victory. It was, however, only the first round. Kasavubu immediately asked Kimba to form another Cabinet, which under the constitution gave the defeated Premier another 30 days of grace before Tshombe could mount a new challenge in Parliament...
...central idea of On Escalation is that all international encounters take place in an atmosphere of possible violence, ranging from small "conventional" probes to all-out nuclear holocaust. Strategies of victory may be based on either the concrete elements of the crisis or on manipulation of levels of violence. The nuclear "balance of terror," however, discourages the actual use of force and makes threats a major means of international coercion. For the nuclear age, Clausewitz is amended to read: "The manipulation of the risks of war is the continuation of state policy by other means...
...possibility. For several weeks the nation's press has heavily criticized the administration for its lack of candor and sincerity in handling foreign policy crises. It is now common knowledge that, as late as last spring, the President was uninterested in negotiations. And, last week's fighting in the Central Highlands proved that the policy of air strikes, North and South, has failed in its purpose of creating a conciliatory attitude in Hanoi...