Word: mats
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DEFENSE: For the rest of this fiscal year, Pentagon spending will be considerably speeded up, with much of the increase going for matériel planned for later delivery. Next year, though Viet Nam spending will continue to decline, much of the long-awaited "peace dividend" will remain firmly in the hands of the Pentagon. Its budget will show a $900 million increase (to $75.9 billion) in fiscal 1973. To prepare for the all-volunteer army that Nixon has promised by mid-1973, some of the dividend will be used to raise the pay of armed-forces careerists...
Positive psyche forms the key to Blakinger's performance on the mat. "It is not psyching yourself to "I hate this guy, I hate this guy. It's psyching yourself to readiness and quick reaction," he said...
...strategy on the mat is "Basically to be aggressive and make the first move rather than let the other guy shoot at me. I know I'm in good shape, and I figure that if I'm ahead by 10 points, I don't gamble an aggressive shoot that could result in losing some points," Blakinger said...
...containing ritual objects and images for worship, and dormitory building in which the temple's 75 monks slept. I was taken into the dormitory section and brought to the room of the monk I had met outside who became my host. I slept on the floor on a straw mat between two bunk beds. My host, who spoke fairly good English, explained the customs of his temple so I could follow them while I stayed there. At 5 a.m. everyone gets up, bathes, and begs for alms at houses throughout the city. Between 6 and 6:30, breakfast, which consists...
...matériel, India also has the edge: of its 1,450 tanks, about 450 are Russian medium tanks, and about 300 Indian-made Vijayanta tanks. India has 625 combat aircraft, including some 120 MIG-21 supersonic fighters and eight squadrons of Indian-made Gnats. For its part, Pakistan has about 1,100 tanks, including 200 American Patton tanks, 225 Chinese T-59s, and numerous old American Shermans and Chaffees of limited utility. Pakistan's 285 combat aircraft include two squadrons of Mirage 111 fighters and eight squadrons of American F-86 Sabres...