Word: globally
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years later, in their ambitious OKEAN-75 naval exercise, the Soviet admirals demonstrated an ominous ability to coordinate global fleet operations, including drills in anticarrier, convoy and submarine tactics. Says Sir Peter Hill-Norton, admiral of the British fleet: "The U.S. had never previously faced a global threat to its sea-lane communications from a mix of subsurface, surface and maritime-air naval forces. This is a strategic change of kind, not of degree...
...first excerpts appeared this week, it was clear that the book does not contain any smashing revelations. It is neither chatty nor ponderous. It will satisfy neither readers looking for personal gossip nor scholars seeking profound insights into the forces shaping global politics. Yet it does move easily in short sentences and simple narrative style to convey Nixon's interpretations of history in an unambiguous fashion, full of specific, if incidental, detail...
...malaise has its roots in the worldwide recession of 1974 and 1975. At first Sweden seemed to have found its own unique answer to the slump: ignore it so as to be ready for the expected global economic upturn. While other countries struggled with recession and layoffs, the Socialist government of Prime Minister Olof Palme simply subsidized industry. Companies were paid to maintain full production and full employment, even when they could not sell and had to stockpile their goods in anticipation of a surge in demand. The immediate result was a flush of apparent prosperity, which allowed militant unions...
...this global pressure can be brought to bear on South Africa, you will have played a responsible and creative role in averting a major disaster. What is more, you will have helped South Africans to find each other. Perhaps in time this country could become a shining example of brotherhood among the races and could play a decisive role in eradicating the true enemies of man in Africa-ignorance, disease and hunger. This is a dream many of us have. It is this dream that has brought us into conflict with the government, but a dream nevertheless that we pray...
...waxy, bullet-shaped white suppositories inserted one at a time into the vagina at three-hour intervals). The World Health Organization has given its blessings to more widespread clinical trials for the drug. If it proves safe and reliable, WHO officials feel it can help to contain an exploding global population. Some medical questions must be settled as well. An overdose of a powerful abortifacient may possibly have serious consequences. For this and other reasons, strict limits have been placed on a similar second-trimester vaginal suppository, Prostin E2, which the Upjohn Co. made available in the U.S. last November...