Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...also involved a great deal of courage on the part of Sadat." As the attacking Egyptians pushed out onto the desert and Israeli troops fell back, Egypt poured two armored divisions and one mechanized infantry division into Sinai. Among the tanks crossing the canal were T-62s, the hottest item in Moscow's armored supply kit. The Soviets presumably were curious to see how the T-62-previously untested in battle-would do against the Israelis...
...source of my morning's excitement was on page 50. Or rather, on the bottom of page 50--unprominently placed. It was a small item, right next to a "Let's Go Patriots" blurb sponsored by Old Smuggler Scotch...
...here, too, the record is discouraging. The Senate, traditionally more receptive to antiwar feelings than the House, just passed a foreign aid budget in which the largest item was aid to Indochina--much of which will be used for military or police work...
...vice president of the United States has resigned and a new item--perhaps the climactic one--has been added to that chapter of our history books entitled "Watergate." But the net effect of all the, furor is likely to be little...
...tactics included a formidable strike force of top brass led by Admirals Elmo Zumwalt, Chief of Naval Operations, and Hyman Rickover, retired naval nuclear-power expert, who met personally with almost every Senator on one item or another up for grabs. New Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger did his part with Congressmen. Using charts, he noted that the outlay requested for fiscal 1974 was the lowest percentage of the gross national product since the end of the Korean War, plummeting from 12% to 5.9%. Expressed in constant 1958 dollars, Pentagon spending has dropped (see chart...