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...additional muscle after two key resistance camps fell in January and February. Hanoi had moved in two additional divisions for the border operation, bringing the number of Vietnamese troops in the area to almost 60,000. The Vietnamese also conscripted tens of thousands of Kampucheans to build roads and lengthen airstrips in the region...
With Reagan's encouragement, Weinberger resurrected the B-1 bomber program, which had been scuttled by the Carter Administration, set the goal of a 600- ship Navy by 1989 and invested heavily in military readiness, hoping to lengthen the "sustainability" of U.S. forces in the field from less than 30 days to 60 days or more. One of his proudest accomplishments has been a 25% rise in military salaries over the past four years, helping increase the reenlistment rate from 55% to 68% and the proportion of high school graduates from...
...philosophy that every individual could take responsibility for extending his own life has been popular for many years. Numerous medical studies on the issue have emphasized increasing physical activity, abstaining from cigarettes and practicing proper eating habits as ways to lengthen life expectancy...
...contributed a reported $10,000 to landscape city hall with new lawns and tropical palms, leased two Volkswagen Rabbits to the police force for $1 a year, lent a local group $500,000, interest free, to help build a hockey arena, and spent another half a million dollars to lengthen the runway of the municipal airport. Then, in a sharp turn of events, Ramirez presented himself two weeks ago at the nearby St. Paul jail in response to a grand jury indictment charging him with cocaine smuggling and tax evasion. Last week Ramirez, who says...
...convention crowd greeted his opening-night speech with respectful enthusiasm. But not every one had been certain that he would be so well received. Troubled by last week's controversy surrounding his former Budget Director, Bert Lance, some Democrats feared that Carter's appearance would only lengthen the shadow of his Administration over Walter Mondale's candidacy. Indeed, Carter had declined initial invitations to speak at the convention. Said he: "I wanted to be sure that the potential nominee would want me to be here...