Word: insistences
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Horses. In fact, many professional military men-particularly in the Air Force-insist that specialized military requirements demand specialized space technology. The civilian officials and scientists of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are shooting for the moon, and they tend to shrug off the military aspects of space. In contrast to the moonshooters, the Air Force foresees the need for a manned spacecraft, rugged and simple in design, that will be ready to go any time in any weather, reach orbit, maneuver in space, and return to earth as a matter of combat routine...
...purrs. "Twenty years," Le Dab snorts, and demands half the loot. Slyly the three little pigs pretend to give in, but secretly they plan to eat high on the wolf before the deal is done. Or will the wolf make a meal of singed pork? Or will the censor insist on cooked goose...
...Whiz Kids, they take pains to insist that they make only analyses and never policy, but their influence is wide if only because they work in terms that McNamara understands. The military are getting the message. Says one Army planner: "It's an entirely different way of doing business. But we've just had to adjust to it. No longer can you prove a point with civilian defense leaders by saying it's so because you know as a professional military man that it's just so. You've got to prove...
Simple Morality. Such ardor is not limited to Germany. Though Frenchmen insist that Germans are Europe's real cowboy fanatiques, the French still log many hours watching The Lone Ranger on television, and they are used to seeing their children hurry home from school to catch L'Aigle Noir (Black Eagle) Thursday afternoons. For serious children, French television is offering a new series: Véritable Histoire du Far West...
...major swings are prevented by a U.S. guarantee to buy or sell as necessary to protect its pegged price for gold. Lately, the U.S. has been aided in its stabilization effort by a $250 million gold pool set up by Western Europe's central banks-but London insiders insist that the recent rush of gold buying has left the pool heavily overdrawn...