Word: equalize
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Since nearly half of the divided country is in Communist hands and contains some 25,000 North Vietnamese troops and an equal number of indigenous Pathet Lao guerrillas, any Communist offensive is a serious matter, but the current one is probably not an all-out drive. This is the beginning of the dry season and the end of the rice harvest, an annual time of skirmishing and rice foraging by the Communists. Still, they are not completely safe in their sanctuary. The U.S. regularly flies bombing runs into Laos, and U.S. warplanes in the past several weeks are reported...
There was equal ambiguity in the junta's attitude toward King Constantine. Papadopoulos and the King exchanged warm Christmas greetings, and emissaries continued to shuttle between Athens and Rome, all of which led many Greeks to believe that the King's return was imminent. But the hard-liners have not yet forgiven the King for his attempt to overthrow the junta, and, in fact, even resented his statements in Rome heartily endorsing the government's amnesty and its announcement of a plebiscite on the new constitution by September. Before they let him return, the hard-liners want...
...children dying of incurable inborn heart defects, there is no prospect of more than a few thousand hearts becoming available. The pressing question, therefore, is how will these be allocated? Dr. Barnard was not worried by the chance of having two or more patients at one time with equal need. He was confident that one would have the more urgent need for a new heart, and he would get it. If forced to choose between a psychotic who could never be a really useful citizen and one who is mentally normal, he admitted, he would operate on the normal...
Everything about Jersey is immense. Its assets of $13.8 billion are greater than the U.S. Government's gold supply. The employees working for it and its affiliates-150,000 people-are equal to the working population of Vermont. Its 750,000 shareholders outnumber the population of Hawaii. Jersey's tanker fleet, including 126 ships sailing under 14 flags, with 19 new supertankers abuilding of mostly 240,000 tons apiece, is bigger than the Greek navy. Jersey's 65,000 service stations, bearing such names as Esso, Enco and Humble (the New Jersey company's exclusive right...