Word: depending
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...33rd new nation of the decade faces a combination of problems that bode ill for future success. The former British colony of Bechuanaland is a Texas-size sprawl of sand, rock and scrub-thorn; elephants, buffalo and springbok outnumber the scrawny Tswana cattle on which its 576,000 people depend for a living; in the fifth year of drought, both cattle and men are facing starvation. As if that were not enough, black Botswana (only 4,000 of its inhabitants are white) is locked like a parched pistachio in the nutcracker of white South Africa and Rhodesia...
Boeing so far has optional orders from 25 airlines for 108 such SSTs, each of which will likely cost $35 million or more. It hopes to deliver the first commercial models in the middle of the next decade. But delivery dates depend on the evaluations of a team of Government and industry experts, who are now weighing the Boeing and Lockheed proposals. With a decision deadline set for Jan. 1, 1967, the ultimate choice will be made by the President of the U.S. The winner will build the airplane that will represent the U.S. in the international SST rivalry. Until...
...Russia. A considerable number of the U.S.'s orbiting objects are surveillance satellites that guard the U.S. against surprise attacks and provide constant watch over both Russian and Red Chinese territory. Since the U-2 flights over Russia were halted in 1960, the U.S. has had to depend heavily on its Samos, Ferret, Midas and Vela systems for vital intelligence about the Soviet Union. With those satellites, the U.S. has mapped and photographed Russia's missile sites and radar installations, followed the stages of nuclear progress in Red China, watched troop movements in both countries and eavesdropped...
...election was close and might depend on the counting of absentee ballots for its final outcome. At week...
There are limits, in any case, to just what the U.S. can do in Asia. It cannot-and, in fact, does not want to-exert control over the political and social life of Asian nations. Despite the fact that both India and Pakistan largely depend on American aid for their viability, for example, Washington failed in its efforts to end last year's Indo-Pakistani war. But in the national life-or-death issue of survival in the face of Communist subversion in Asia, only the U.S. is powerful enough to check the Chinese export and exploitation of revolutions...