Word: leaching
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...Barton Leach, professor of Law, and former director of the Defense Studies Program stated that "The United States has definitely been in the missile race" but has denied this in order to save face. "The United States cannot afford now to go all out," he said, "but must avoid appearing to be in the race and proceed at a normal rate...
...Leach added that the recent Russian successes have been "particularly unfortunate" from defense secretary Wilson's standpoint. "The sentimental affection shown for Wilson as he is leaving office obscures the fact that his conduct of the Defense Department has not been such as to maintain superiority over, or even equality with, the U.S.S.R...
...program at Sanders is entitled, "A Symposium on the Mission and Problems of NATO." W. Barton Leach, Story Professor of Law, will moderate the program at which Lieut. Gen. Leon W. Johnson, U.S. Air Force, will deliver the major address...
...seemed that some 30,000 gulls nested on Kent Island, an island in the Bay of Fundy. There also was a bird called the Leach's Petrel, which nested in burrows. "Petrels have a smell," said Jim. "You get down on your knees and smell the entrance to a burrow ... well, it's distinctive. You reach your arm in and if you're lucky you'll find a bird or an egg or both.... We would listen for the call at night. The call is in two parts--well, I'd know it if I heard it again...
Commenting on a well-paid professional Armed Force replacing the present draft system, Leach said, "It would be good, efficient and in the long run economical, but difficult to accomplish because of its heavy initial cost...