Word: depends
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Governor Romney was even more to the point. "We knew we couldn't depend on the National Guard," he admitted. "That's why we asked for the Army." The paratroopers, some 40% of them Viet Nam veterans and more than one-fourth of them Negroes, displayed stern fire discipline and did an excellent job. "Our policy is to use an absolute minimum of force," explained a paratroop colonel. "I'd rather miss 100 snipers than hit a single innocent person...
McNamara had come to depend on McNaughton more and more as his confident and closest personal adviser. His death meant far more than the loss of a Secretary of the Navy. It meant an early end to a potentially great leader in American diplomatic affairs. The nation and the rational world grieves at this loss...
...statutory wage "freeze" this month. And even though Germany's downturn has been steeper than anyone expected, the OECD sees a "moderate recovery" in the second half. In turn, the recoveries will tone up the flagging economies of small countries such as Sweden, Denmark and The Netherlands, which depend heavily on exports to Britain and Germany...
...limitations which were imposed shortly after the coup last April 21 were never more than a token sign of displeasure but the current trend toward complete restoration of favor is an even more disheartening sign. Greece and its military rulers depend heavily upon military assistance from the U.S., which has supplied $1.3 billion in such aid since 1950. In recent years, it has been about $80 million annually...
...action which reduces our commitment in Vietnam to sensible proportions, protects the larger peace, conserves our national interest and, what could perhaps be more important, reflects the interest of the sadly beset and tortured people of this part of the world. And it is a policy that does not depend on the cooperation of Hanoi and the NLF, although should that be forthcoming all would be much eased...