Word: generality
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...that reason, many experts conclude that the Soviet military, as currently organized, will never catch up with Western armed forces in advanced equipment. "What's going on in the Soviet military is an index of their desperation," says Lieut. General William Odom, who retires this week as director of the U.S. National Security Agency. "The Soviets have become aware that they can't afford to compete with the U.S. in quality weaponry...
...several years after World War II, the plain seven-story red-brick building that stands on the north bank of the Kanda River in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district housed a women's unit of General MacArthur's Occupation Army. On the outside, nothing distinguishes the building from other office blocks in the Japanese capital. Inside, employees toil elbow to elbow in open work areas illuminated by fluorescent lights, and the air is heavy with cigarette smoke. Yet the modest facade masks the nerve center of a powerful financial empire: Nomura Securities, the largest, richest and most profitable securities firm...
...investment firm: "Despite all our efforts to make long-term plans, we pale in comparison with Nomura's awesome strategic thinking and investment." There is always the reminder of Detroit in the 1960s, when U.S. auto companies thought they were invulnerable to Japanese competition. Says Jayme Garcia dos Santos, general manager of Chase Manhattan Securities in Japan: "It's true that the Japanese have a lot to learn in New York markets. But we all have to be very careful. How often have we underestimated the Japanese ability to learn...
Americans have long been treated to a barrage of dietary advice from health officials, some of it frightening, some useful -- and some just plain confusing. Last week they got the strongest and clearest warning yet that what they eat can kill them. In the first ever Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health, a 712-page document that draws on more than 2,000 studies, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop cautions that the U.S. population eats altogether too much, and too much of the wrong foods, especially saturated fats. Says Koop: "Your choice of diet can influence your long...
While noting that other factors, like heredity and environment, contribute to the development of chronic ailments, the report stresses that aside from drinking or smoking, diet is the "one personal choice" that more than any other influences long-term health prospects. The Surgeon General's Report urges the public to cut back on saturated fats and cholesterol, mainly from meat and dairy products, and concentrate on fish, skinned poultry, fruits, vegetables and whole grain products. Fat, which increases the risk for obesity, heart disease and cancer, now accounts for 37% of the calories in the American diet, well above...