Word: lande
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...annihilation is what you call the tsetse scourge [April 25]. If stupid men find the means of eradicating trypanosomiasis, even stupider men and their dumb cattle will destroy the remaining elephants, lions and tigers, who are naturally immune. And inexorably, the men will overpopulate and the cattle overgraze the land until a new equilibrium is reached. But the great wild animals will be extinct. One man's scourge is another man's blessing...
...burgeoning demand for good veterinary education in the U.S. [April 18] may be the result of a "back-to-basics, return-to-the-land ethos." Even so, I was surprised at the narrow perspective you take of this dynamic and growing profession. Although you allude to the involvement of veterinarians in research, you overlook their involvement in a broad range of public health activities...
...theaters of operations, notably perhaps in the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, the Horn of Africa, the Caribbean. To handle such contingencies, says Brown, the U.S. must retain the capability of reacting overseas with "speed and flexibility." This may best be achieved by keeping some troops abroad, either at land bases or aboard aircraft carriers. At times, a simple show of force, like ordering a naval task force to steam toward a potential trouble spot, can be enough to protect U.S. interests and prevent an outbreak of fighting...
Brown was partly responsible for killing the B70 bomber (too vulnerable to Soviet air defenses) and the Skybolt missile (too unreliable). He was also involved in decisions to go ahead with a more advanced land-based Minuteman missile, the C-5A air transport, early research on the B-1 and on'the F-111 fighter-bomber (an $8 billion mistake...
...consulted, listened to and liked by the President: One measure of his closeness with his boss is their good-natured exchange of gibes. At the Gridiron Dinner, Mondale remarked how the press had missed the fact that the vice presidency has become the most important office in the land. "For instance, on Inauguration Day, I rode to the White House in a chauffeured limousine; the President had to walk. Whenever I take a trip, an aide carries my luggage; the President carries his own." Carter agreed that a "fine relationship has been established between Fritz Mondale and myself," adding...