Word: dependently
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...least debateable. If Senators Fulbright (D-Ark.) and Kennedy (D-N.Y.) are right, the U.S. could make substantial reductions in the scope and nature of its Asian commitments without seriously endangering the country's security. Similarly, it is not at all obvious that American security and well-being depend on the incessant production of more and more modern missiles...
...actual allocation of the extra money saved from ending the war in Vietnam will probably depend on political rather than economic criteria...
Unlike insecticides, the study finds, the defoliant herbicides do not concentrate in animal tissue. As a result, dangerous effects on animals and humans are "unlikely." But temporary defoliation over widespread areas could threaten the existence of some animal species that depend on foliage for food and concealment and are already close to extinction. One of these is the douc langur, a colorful monkey that lives almost entirely on leaves. Also endangered are the Indo-Chinese gibbon and the rare kouprey, a remnant of a mid-Miocene ancestor of modern cattle...
...19th century states even down to geographic control of territories (Du Pont over Wilmington and Boeing over Seattle, for instance) and their near-absolute grip on the careers and movements of their subjects (employees). Thus today's corporate rulers should learn from their princely predecessors They should depend less on staff men (courtiers) and more on regional managers (barons), but at the same time not let the company become so decentralized that the barons will battle one another for the power that rightfully belongs...
Undoubtedly, history's judgment of Westmoreland's generalship will depend in large measure on the outcome of the expected Khe Sanh battle. Some critics feel that defending the remote outpost is a foolish gamble that heavily favors the Communists. "Why fight at Khe Sanh at all?" asks French General André Beaufre, who served for five years in Indo-China. "Logistically, the fight favors the North Vietnamese. You have allowed them once again to choose the time and place of battle...