Word: launching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...provision of the plan is that the ships would be "multi-manned," i.e., their crews would be drawn from every NATO nation that would be willing to help foot the bill. Cost of the international task force would be about $2 billion for 200 missiles and their floating launch pads; it would take at least three years to build, about half as much in time and money as it would take to create a multinational nuclear Polaris sub marine fleet...
...dogs eat the Egyptian dogs," spat a tribesman. The few Egyptians taken prisoner seem dazed and dejected. Private Amer Hussein Bahid, 24, of Cairo, was due for discharge in January after three years' army service. Instead, his company was airlifted to San'a and rushed off to launch a counterattack at Beit Miran. Said he: "About 25 miles from San'a we were ambushed. My company never got a chance to fight. In a few hours, more than 100 of us were killed, and I surrendered. Nasser has apparently had to call up the reserves. Complained Sergeant...
...Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, by Arthur Kopit, mobilizes undergraduate humor and surrealistic props to launch a hilariously bizarre offensive against poor...
...counter them with his own cold logic. The U.S., contends McNamara, has a definite nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union (soon after taking office he impolitically dismissed the "missile gap" that Kennedy campaigned on in 1960). McNamara intends to maintain the advantage. Even if the Russians were to launch a surprise nuclear attack, the U.S., with its hardened missiles and its Strategic Air Command bombers-half of them now on 15-minute alert - could strike back and destroy the Soviet Union. But, reasons McNamara, as Russia builds up its own hard-site missile bases and missile-firing submarines...
...effective treatment is almost impossible. The mentally ill remain in the hospitals and get worse. The average stay for schizophrenics is eleven years. With drugs and other new treatments, said the President, two out of three schizophrenics can now be sent home within six months. "If we launch a broad new mental health program now, it will be possible within a decade or two to reduce the number of patients now under custodial care by 50% or more...