Word: directs
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...definite effort will be made to cut and defer nonessentials in the federal budget, e.g., rivers and harbors projects, and the President will put the responsibility for cutting pet congressional projects squarely on Congress. ¶ Pentagon Missile Adviser William M. Holaday will now have full power "to direct all activities in the Department of Defense relating to research, development, engineering, production and procurement of guided missiles," i.e., to crack down on interservice rivalries. ¶ Defense Secretary Neil McElroy said that within a month he would appoint a single manager for new outer-space and anti-missile missilery programs...
...NATO's halls last week, the dry voice of experience was heard. Sprightly old (just 70) Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery announced that next September he will quit as NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander. "I am pulling out because I am satisfied that the danger of direct attack on NATO countries is now very remote. What might be called the European test match can be postponed indefinitely [although] there may be village cricket elsewhere in the world," Monty explained. "The 1949 conception of NATO is now too narrow. Its members have got to look outwards at the world...
...battle commanders watch the picture, they can direct interception by remote control, automatically ordering "scrambles" by interceptor planes at nearby bases, or fire from antiaircraft and Nike guided-missile batteries in the area. In either case, the interceptors or missiles will be steered to the targets by directions from SAGE. As the battle moves, information will be automatically transferred to computers and picture tubes in the adjacent Air Division area...
Mysticism: 1) The doctrine or belief that direct knowledge of God, of spiritual truth, etc., is attainable . . . in a way differing from ordinary sense perception or the use of logical reasoning. 2) Any type of theory asserting the possibility of attaining knowledge or power through faith or spiritual insight. 3) Hence, vague speculation...
...escape stalemate on the disarmament proposals, the United States has little choice but to seek direct talks with the Soviet Union. Assuming that the Russians are still as sincerely interested in reducing the threat of annihilation as they appeared last spring, there is a good chance that some preliminary disarmament steps can be arranged in such meetings. The history of wartime and early post-war negotiations points clearly to the effectiveness of bilateral decision-making. Obviously, the mistakes of Yalta will not be repeated...