Word: firmnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hard talk was something else. As they toured the horizon, it became clear that neither side was going to open the way to a major breakthrough. Johnson found Kosygin temperate, intelligent, experienced, but firm. The U.S. must let the Vietnamese settle their problems, Kosygin insisted, but the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. should force a Middle East settlement?on largely Arab terms. They agreed on Israel's right to existence, but the two had already said so before; Kosygin had even mentioned it when citing the "new realities of the nuclear age" at the United Nations General Assembly earlier...
...down further and discuss aspects of the anti-ballistic missile system, nonproliferation, perhaps some questions arising out of the Middle East situation, and at least the situation in Southeast Asia, as well as questions of mutual interest in Europe and the Western Hemisphere." Later, Kosygin made a firm suggestion for the second session...
...said the committee, the numbers involved were too small for a firm conclusion that the diets alone were really protective. In addition, too many other factors were involved-among them economic status and the change in smoking habits. Urging the National Heart Institute to set up a far bigger study, the committee suggested that at least 40,000 men in their 40s and 50s who have high cholesterol levels but no evidence of heart disease be placed on special diets. At the same time, an equal number of men with similar characteristics would serve as "controls" by continuing...
...taxicab, shared by Texas' Carroll Shelby-best known as the designer of the Ford Cobra-and Gurney, who had dreams of driving a U.S. Formula I car ever since he began racing for Italy's Enzo Ferrari in 1958. Shelby and Gurney pooled their savings, founded a firm called All American Racers Inc., opened a factory in Santa Ana, Calif. Working with Britain's Weslake Development Co., they produced a brand-new, three-liter engine-a tiny 400-h.p. V12-and a chassis to match. Built largely of magnesium and titanium, the whole car weighed only...
Undaunted by all that, American Can is trying again. Last February the $1.4 billion-a-year U.S. company shelled out $3.3 million to buy 60% control of Liverpool-based Reads Ltd., Metal Box's only real competitor. Holding onto a 40% interest is the hoary textile-making firm of Courtaulds Ltd., which was soundly trounced by Metal Box after acquiring Reads in 1959. Under Courtaulds, Reads has turned profits on such lines as steel drums and paint cans, but lost heavily on food and beverage tins. With the arrival of American Can, the company is embarking on a fiveyear...