Word: heighte
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...height of folly to cut back on the defense budget in the name of economy. Our first priority should always be the defense of the nation. What use is it to have spent billions of dollars on the cities and then, because of an inadequate defense, see these same cities vanish under a mushroom cloud...
...attention-getting brand as soon as he steps on the street. "When you're this tall, there's no place to hide," he complains. To be less conspicuous, Walton slouches in chairs until he is eye level with companions and walks close to buildings to camouflage his height. When celebrity hunters do approach, a weak smile crosses Walton's puckish face, and he professes to be just another guy named Bill...
...they continue to proliferate in the Yard, these may prove to be a quietly revolutionary element which could, in time, completely undermine the present landscape of the Yard and ultimately create a resemblance to the Maine woods. By blocking views of the Yard's buildings from a very low height, these trees would become more significant than the buildings, thus eliminating the latter as a forceful visual component of the environment...
...leader of U.S. forces in South Viet Nam from 1964 to 1968, General William Chi Ids Westmoreland directed the American military machine here at the height of war, with some 500,000 men under his command by the time of his departure. Like many other principals in the drama of the nation's longest war, Westmoreland is now far removed from the agony and ambiguity of Indochina. Leaving the Army two years ago after a final four-year hitch as Chief of Staff, "Westy"retired to his native South Carolina, where Westmoreland has been a proud and prominent name...
...Guard provides one of the best shows in town, without cover or minimum. At the height of the evening, clusters of singles stand sardine-fashion, gripping their drinks and watching the action. By midnight, the place is a low-lit, smoky, shrieking bedlam-a blend of screeching rock and swirling bodies. Over in the Other Room, a special chamber for the post-35 set, a champagne music duo is playing Make It Through the Night...