Word: combatancy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rescue operation had been delayed as long as possible-too long, in the view of many Pentagon officials. In recent weeks 44 U.S. naval vessels, 6,000 Marines, 120 Air Force combat and tanker planes and 150 Navy planes had been moved into the area. But Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and the U.S. ambassador in Saigon, Graham Martin, argued that the final withdrawal of the American community would probably set off a wave of panic in Saigon and hasten the fall of the South Vietnamese government...
...withdraw its 23,000 troops and 200 combat aircraft from Thailand by next March. Last week Foreign Minister Chatichai Choonhaven announced that Thailand had reached an agreement with the U.S. to actually begin the military exodus. Even though Thai soldiers are skirmishing with Communist-backed insurgents along the country's eastern border, Bangkok has sought to open diplomatic relations with Hanoi, and is also trying to develop economic and diplomatic ties with Peking...
...egalitarian structure makes staff members go to the wall to protest policies they would tolerate on a more traditional newspaper, simply because they resent anything that smacks of hierarchy? Real Paper staff members recall instances of pitched battles waged over trivial matters, and many cite a sort of combat fatigue as a reason they now want to sell. "The place is a snakepit, it's awful," says...
Presumably, British Director Trevor Nunn must shoulder part of the blame. If he were a line officer in charge of combat troops-and the responsibilities of a stage director are somewhat similar-he would be stripped of his rank and summarily cashiered...
...than 1 million computerized entries and win close to half the prizes. Meanwhile, McDonald's is test-marketing a $1.10 fried-chicken plate. If it succeeds, it would not only steal a march on Jack-in-the-Box and Burger King, but put itself into thigh-to-thigh combat with another fast-food giant: Kentucky Fried Chicken...