Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...effect as a limited nuclear war." The four Americans contend, of course, that any such nuclear war would not be "limited." Alois Merles of the opposition Christian Democratic Party called the proposal "politically and psychologically, extraordinarily dangerous." France is not a member of NATO's military command and is unlikely to renounce the first-strike option for its nuclear force defrappe...
DIED. Nathan f. Twining, 84, tenacious, cigar-chomping Air Force general who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1957 to 1960; in San Antonio. A World War II commander of U.S. air campaigns in Europe and the South Pacific, Twining was an unfaltering proponent of airpower and military might. B-29s under his command dropped the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
...service has more than mere luck or tips at its command. IRS computers in ten service centers around the U.S. are programmed to flag all returns of certain types of filers, like those making $15,000 in income while spending more than $2,000 on medical expenses. Other computer programs hunt for unusually large deductions and routinely scrutinize returns reporting income of more than $50,000. The IRS is also expanding its computerized program of matching individual returns against dividend and interest payment statements...
Fisher concedes that misleading computer entries were made, but says that they were only to help project future revenues and not to indicate actual sales. He points a finger at Luisi's former second-in-command, Michael Tremper, 42, another senior vice president. Tremper has agreed to help the company unravel its records in exchange for an agreement that the company will not sue him. Fisher claims that his client is a scapegoat. Says he: "Ms. Luisi has been singled out as responsible for a $30 million mistake that was beyond her responsibility...
...whore monger of our time" and Columnist Westbrook Pegler "the greatest character assassin in the United States." Other public figures earned his unposted scorn, including "Squirrel Head Nixon" and Senator Estes Kefauver, whom Truman called "Cow-fever." Explaining his decision to relieve General Douglas MacArthur of command during the Korean War, he mentioned the "insubordination of God's right hand man." During the 1952 campaign, the attempts of Democratic Candidate Adlai Stevenson to put some distance between himself and the President infuriated Truman. He issued and then withheld a threat to stop supporting Stevenson...