Word: juggernauts
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...juggernaut bearing down on Nixon was unstoppable. Between July 27 and 30, the House Judiciary Committee passed three impeachment articles (obstruction of justice, abuse of power and defying subpoenas). I could not bear the righteous moralizing of the commentators or the self-serving comments of some Congressmen, even as I realized that had I been on that committee my duty would have been to vote with the majority. On July 31, Ehrlichman was sentenced to 20 months to five years for conspiracy and perjury. In destroying himself, Nixon wrecked the lives of many who had come into contact with...
...nascent Harvard women's squash juggernaut split forces this weekend, half the squad sustaining the team's early season roll over dual match opponents with a 7-0 romp over Bowdoin, and the other half, led by freshman Diana Staley, advancing the Crimson reputation in the women's squash establishment with creditable individual performances at the Princeton Squad Invitational...
Columnists, lobbyists and bureaucrats were all trying to describe an unprecedented juggernaut of pressure and persuasion mounted by that ruthless old movie actor in the White House against the AWACS tide. Anchormen furrowed once, twice and even three times over the new force they found to be unleashed in the capital. But something was missing in this spectacle. Those commenting failed to note that in this kind of struggle, a President almost always has ways and means to win. Some are subtle; some...
...Merger, last week's announcement shocked the close-knit world of Wall Street. Salomon Bros., the world's largest trader in government securities and corporate bonds, was combining with Phibro, the world's largest commodity trader. The $550 million marriage will create a new international financial juggernaut. Said George Ball, president of E.F. Hutton: "There had been inklings of some internal dissatisfaction and potential losses for Salomon Bros., but nothing that had been a harbinger of a move to sell out to another firm...
...tente Schmidt is trying to strengthen his country's already formidable defenses-its 340,000-man army is considered by far the best in Western Europe-at a time when many of his countrymen think that it is hopeless even to think of opposing the Soviet juggernaut. NATO forces are outnumbered by the Warsaw Pact nations more than 2 to 1 in divisions, better than 3 to 1 in tanks and a frightening 8 to 1 in medium-range nuclear missiles. Logistics experts fear that NATO forces would start running short of ammunition, fuel, weapons and spare parts within...