Word: jointed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Paradoxically, however, dedicated arms controllers have lost ground during the hearings because the price of the treaty is almost certain to be a U.S. arms buildup. This was not only Kissinger's message, but that of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary Harold Brown, Democratic Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia and others. Indeed, the main issue no longer appears to be whether SALT II will pass, although that is not yet certain; instead, it is what kind of measures will accompany the treaty to strengthen the nation's defenses and send the right signals to the Kremlin...
...SALT seller. While Brown has urged approval of the accord, he stressed that U.S. military forces must be bolstered to offset Moscow's continuing arms buildup. That SALT II would be no substitute for accelerated U.S. defense spending was argued even more strongly by five other witnesses, the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Chairman David Jones warned the Committee against "the risk that SALT II could be allowed to become a tranquilizer to the American people." Said he: "If the nation accepts the SALT II agreement, it does so with a full understanding that we will be required to undertake...
...more than 22%, largely because of the rocketing cost of gasoline, which soared at a rate of 92% a year. By contrast, clothing costs declined slightly, while food, the other big-ticket item in the family budget, rose by only 0.2% for the month. Testifying before Congress's Joint Economic Committee last week, Alfred Kahn, the White House's chief inflation fighter, argued that if it were not for the energy situation, inflation "would clearly be out of the double-digit range...
...Kennedy-Durkin Proposal is "taking the (Energy Project's) recommendations and putting them into effect," Kenneth Hughes, a staff aide on Kennedy's Joint Economic Subcommittee on Energy, said yesterday...
...sail-trimming skills. Standing on the board, a windsurfer grasps the wishbone-shaped boom and steers his craft by tilting the sail: when the boom is pushed forward, the boat heads off-wind; when pulled aft, it heads into the wind. Since the sail is mounted on a universal joint, it is free to move in any direction, enabling the sailor to tack and jibe easily...