Word: foolproof
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...NEGOTIATED NEUTRALIZATION would only delay the effects of complete withdrawal. Right now, what is there to negotiate? The U.S. would have to insist on a non-Communist South Viet Nam. and this probably could be obtained only by 1) a foolproof international control, which is almost impossible to achieve; and 2) exclusion of the Communists from future South Vietnamese government, since "coalitions" including Reds usually end up all Red. But at present neither the Viet Cong nor their mentors in Hanoi or Peking have any reason to accept such terms. Thus any neutralization formula now possible would sooner or later...
...hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year alert against surprise attack, the U.S. depends on a foolproof communications system. To make sure that communications work even in the event of a massive missile attack that could destroy most of the vital command centers of U.S. defense, the Strategic Air Command maintains an emergency headquarters command and communications staff headed by a general in a jet airplane five miles in the sky. That system was initiated four years ago last week and-figuratively speaking-the plane has been circling aloft for more than 35,000 hours...
Frank Champion, an ABC West Coast transmission engineer, declares that Tanner's system is "foolproof." He says: "I haven't felt so strongly about anything since video tape...
Almost all such work reflects the complexity of modern society-the problems of big business, of big unions, of big government, with its high taxes and its maze of regulations. Lawyers must make sure not only that a contract is foolproof and foulproof, but also that the deal in question clears with the federal regulatory agencies, the Justice Department and the Treasury...
Polacolor is not entirely foolproof. For one thing, the user must take some account of temperature, both when snapping a picture and developing it. This is presumably why the new film is first being introduced in Florida; it will not be sold in the north until the weather warms up. With elementary care, though, any amateur should be able to take good pictures with Polacolor...