Word: lesses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...London's Daily Mirror was a good deal less diplomatic in its anger over the Hercules flight and the U.S. military in general. "A new menace!" it cried. "The loudmouthed American generals . . . The peoples of the West-and of Russia and her satellites-are expected to believe that General Lauris Norstad (American general), General Nathan Twining (American general), General Thomas D. White (American general) are the only men who matter." A speech by NATO Commander Norstad opposing a thin-out of Western forces in Europe was called "a threat to the hopes of world peace." The comments before congressional...
Simple geography (see map) explained it. During the early '60s, when Russia may hold a temporary lead in numbers of intercontinental missiles, NATO's IRBMs based in England and Italy, later perhaps in Turkey, will cover enough targets in Russia to bridge the gap between less effective SAC bombers and rising numbers of U.S.-based ICBMs. Perhaps even more important, possession of missiles by NATO nations (for the time being the U.S. controls the atomic warheads) gives them a sense of participation in their own defense in the missile...
This lack of requirements forces "a sense of personal responsibility" on the European student that the American student is less apt to have, he stated. However, the American student has an assurance that his counterpart does...
Therefore, when governments look around for new ways of raising money, their efforts are characterized less by statesmanship than by a desire to find the form of taxation most palatable politically. Most state and local taxes are thus make-shift, time-serving devices, and as the need for expenditures grows greater, many cities and states are paying the price in financial crises like those in New York City and Michigan. Until the politicians stop trying to please everyone at once and instead institute broad tax reforms and increases (as Rockefeller has started to do in New York State), the financial...
Since the Boston Lacrosse Club can schedule only a few practice sessions each wek, its teamwork should be somewhat less polished than the Varsity...