Word: crimps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...crimp the Communist prospects for 1972, the allies would have to stem the flow of men and supplies?especially supplies?in 1971. Shortly after the turn of the year, Nixon decided to take action. Just before Defense Secretary Melvin Laird left on his three-day trip to Saigon in early January, Nixon laid down his general objectives...
...vice versa, this response to irrelevant perceptions is of value. Each individual must at some point have the opportunity for that response. I feel, and I suppose this must be a personal decision, that the further narrowing of the area in which each individual responds even slightly will unduly crimp his growth...
Trouble on Capitol Hill could seriously crimp the Administration's already narrow room for maneuver in Laos-a fact that Hanoi and the Pathet Lao seem to appreciate thoroughly. In an intriguing and unexpected diplomatic move, Prince Souphanouvong, the Pathet Lao leader, last week offered his half brother Prince Souvanna Phouma, head of the neutralist government, a peace proposal. It suggested talks about a standstill cease-fire and a conference of all Lao factions aimed at restoring a new coalition government in Vientiane. There was, of course, one precondition: a U.S. withdrawal from Laos. Premier Souvanna Phouma said that...
...past still pervades Japan, hut it does not crimp its future. Already, the heirs presumptive to the 21st century own a big share of the 20th. A human cliche everywhere is the bespectacled Japanese salesman, quick to bow, to smile and, after consulting his pocket dictionary and his neatly arranged attache case, to quote a cut-rate price. He is seen even in the lobbies of the Alcron in Prague and the Gellert in Budapest...