Word: controllable
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...harangue the man who served as Secretary of the Air Force at the height of the Vietnam war. At the same time, the agents inconspicuously slid into position in case one of the verbal assailants pulled a gun. A moment before, Brown had been extolling the virtues of arms control...
...appeal, the Wampanoags contended that the tribe never relinquished control of the 11,000 acres of Mashpee. The Indians said the Massachusetts legislature's incorporation of Mashpee as a town in 1870 violated the federal...
Henry Kissinger and some Senators have urged linking ratification of the treaty with a significant boost in the U.S. military budget to offset increased Soviet arms spending of the past five years. That is a creditable argument, since SALT must enhance U.S. defenses as well as help control arms. But there are no grounds for linking SALT to the Soviet brigade in Cuba. The Soviets say the unit has been there for 17 years, and U.S. intelligence sources concede it has been there for at least ten, so the brigade is not even symbolically part of the global Soviet buildup...
...gaunt, expressive face was dominated by piercing eyes, conveying a mixture of intensity and repose, of wariness and calm self-confidence. He moved gracefully and with dignity, filling a room not by his physical dominance (as did Mao or De Gaulle) but by his air of controlled tension, steely discipline, and self-control, as if he were a coiled spring. He conveyed an easy casualness, which, however, did not deceive the careful observer. The quick smile, the comprehending expression that made clear he understood English without translation, the palpable alertness, were the features of a man who had had burned...
...calculus of power: when and how it should be applied or withheld; how it affects a nation's conduct; how it must be interwoven with concepts not only of national interest but of national honor. The book offers an unparalleled inside account of the high-stakes bureaucratic battles to control policy and of the forging of new relationships with old enemies. It shows how momentous events are swayed by the personalities of those engaged in them, with the personalities themselves profiled in shrewd, telling vignettes. In this week's excerpts Kissinger describes his unexpected initial summons by Nixon...