Word: commitment
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...charges of passing U.S. atomic secrets to Russia, Sobell was a codefendant. Found guilty, the Rosenbergs were executed in 1953 after the failure of a worldwide crusade, mostly Communist-inspired, to save them. Sobell was not implicated in atomic thefts but was convicted of conspiring to commit espionage. He would not take the stand to defend himself...
...However, in matters of air and water pollution created by industry many individual corporations continue to evade their responsibility for these conditions. Robert McNamara remained unconvinced as to the desirability of an anti-ballistic missile system, but the military was able to override his objections through political pressure and commit the country to the "thin" Chinese compromise...
...high on the appointment list. He has degrees from Yale and Harvard Law, and Navymen will find he retains the ruggedness demonstrated during his days in the Marine Corps, when he fought at Guadalcanal and Okinawa. Chafee, 46, chose the Navy job because he does not have to "commit himself for life," indicating that he is likely to run for office again in Rhode Island. His experience at Defense will not hurt. Chafee's tiny state has three major Navy installations, which annually pour some $174 million in payrolls into its economy...
Most Christians, however, oppose the draft, and so do the majority of Beirut businessmen. "We will smash ourselves," says a chain-store manager. "We must not commit suicide. It is best for us and for all the Arabs to have this noninvolved outpost." Many Lebanese agree, on the practical ground that a draft would cost at least $30 million. Editorialized the Beirut Star: "Lebanon realizes that Israel's military might is much stronger than her own. It would take a great deal of money to improve on the situation. Since 1943, we have followed a policy of letting...
Paul Martin, professor of Physics and one of the drafters of the letter, said yesterday that it states that none of the punishments in existence seems suited for this incident, "but we didn't commit ourselves to the statement that no one should be punished...