Word: expertness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...speak of the conflict as a civil war. Presumably, Nixon would henceforth be considerably more reluctant to reach a decision that would require sending in U.S. troops. Between what Lyndon Johnson did in 1965 and what Nixon would have done then by applying his present criteria, a White House expert explains, "there might have been a considerable difference in nuance and general intent...
Whislced Away. Free of mamka, Kuznetsov immediately dashed for the nearest British government office. A civil servant telephoned a Russian-speaking journalist, David Floyd, the Daily Telegraph's Soviet expert. Floyd instructed the defector to take a cab to his home. Since the evening was warm, Kuznetsov had left his coat in the hotel. He insisted that they return to his single room in the Apollo Hotel to get his film-laden coat and documents. Kuznetsov also retrieved his typewriter ("my old favorite") and some Cuban cigars ("They are so cheap in Moscow"). Then the two men rushed...
Though its workers become indifferent to chemical odors, Monsanto itself goes to the opposite extreme. As soon as any employee smells something bad, he is asked to dial A-I-R on the factory phone. If the problem is serious, expert "sniffers" hurry to the scene, ready to bottle the air, analyze it and repair the leak. Elaborate ductwork in one factory connects the points where noisome phenols might be emitted and whisks them to a scrubber system that removes the odor with absorbent filters. Since 1967, Monsanto has spent almost $3,000,000 to curb pollution in St. Louis...
...answer, according to an Illinois-based outfit called Americans Building Constitutionally (ABC), was a decided yes. ABC's expert tutors showed businessmen, small industrialists and well-to-do professionals how to set up family foundations, hire themselves and their relatives as directors, and then all but thumb their noses at federal and state tax collectors. The trick was to minimize income taxes by paying themselves small salaries and by writing off such things as cars, general-expense accounts and life-insurance policies...
...underwent intensive schooling in military and political arts. He holds the ranks of captain in the army and air force and the equivalent grade of full lieutenant in the navy. He is a jet-fighter and helicopter pilot, an Olympic yachtsman, an accomplished horseman and a black-belt karate expert. He is fluent in five languages (Spanish, French, English, Italian and Portuguese) and conversant in Greek and German...