Word: following
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Roundabout Manner. Once the Russians began installing an ABM system around Moscow and Leningrad two years ago, it was inevitable that the U.S. would follow suit. Washington did so, however, in a roundabout manner. Last September, after years of opposition to an ABM network, McNamara reversed field and announced that the U.S. intended to begin building Sentinel -to defend the country against the Chinese, not the Russians...
...them off; yes finish off those who are in the camp of revolution and negativism." At weeks end, in a final appeal for support Charles de Gaulle spoke to the French on television and radio. "My calling and my mandate command me to show you the road you must follow," he declared. "In our voting, we must provide ourselves with a Parliament able to pursue the necessary policies with a strong, continuing and coherent majority...
...Birthday to the third Monday in February, Memorial Day to the last Monday in May, Veterans Day to the last Monday in October, and Columbus Day to the second Monday in October. The bill will affect only federal workers, but it is expected that everybody else will follow suit. With this in mind, the bill's effective date is set at Jan. 1, 1971, to allow time for unions and employers to adjust salaries and contracts to the new legal holidays...
...Erhard's classic reforms prodded Germans to the hard work that turned revival into boom. Since 1951, West Germany's reliance on monetary and fiscal discipline has repeatedly proved its potency at steadying the economy. Ironically, Erhard fell as chancellor in 1966 partly because he failed to follow his own doctrine. A euphoric orgy of government overspending helped push the country into an economic slump complicated by a surge of inflation. After the Kiesinger government reimposed a program of austerity by raising taxes and cutting federal spending, West German prices soon stopped climbing. Unemployment has now fallen...
...Japanese firms closed down, the municipality stands to lose well over $350,000 a year in taxes. Eight of the harassed Japanese firms have already taken up new offices in the fast-growing suburb of Makati (pop. 150,000), and most of the rest are expected to follow suit...