Word: maintains
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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McConnell testified that without the 21 years of aerial interdiction so far leveled against North Viet Nam, "perhaps more than 800,000 additional U. S. troops, at a cost of $75 billion over what we have spent," might have been needed to maintain the war at its cur rent level-and, of course, "we would have suffered many more casualties on the battlefield." McConnell argued that American bombing could have been more effective if it had been less "gradual." "It was the second of March 1965," he reminisced, "and we recommended what we called a sharp, sudden blow which would...
...deadly missions into North Viet Nam flew out of Thailand, from which 80% of all U.S. Air Force strikes over the North originate. Of the U.S.'s 40,000 military men stationed in Thailand, some 28,000 are Air Force pilots, mechanics and othsr ground-support personnel who maintain or fly 300 strike aircraft and 250 support planes from six U.S.-operated bases. Under Thailand's "gentlemen's agreement" with the U.S., the bases are considered Thai bases and are commanded by Thai officers. Thai air police control access to the bases; U.S. air police who help...
...diminished by a Common Market Commission report that criticized the weakness of the pound. Wilson lost on Viet Nam, when the party, by a narrow margin, ordered him to disassociate Britain from U.S. actions there. But no matter; Wilson was almost certain to ignore the injunction in order to maintain his good relations with President Johnson...
...maintain its pipeline to the immortals, the orchestra employs only Austrians. Its members' built-in self-assur ance serves a dual function. On the one hand, this guarantees a standard of performance for which the men themselves will fight, no matter who is on the podium. On the other, it can create a special kind of psychological hell for whoever dares to mount that podium...
...hope we can become successful and somehow maintain that underdog status...