Word: money
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...cover is Wheeler's sixth in less than a year. His first was Nov. 8, 1968, illustrating President Johnson's announcement of the bombing halt. The others included France's De Gaulle and the money crisis (Nov. 29, 1968), conglomerates (March 7, 1969), the military under attack (April 11, 1969), and the Communist summit (June 13, 1969). Recently, Wheeler received a copy of this last cover from a cousin working in South Korea. All the leaders' faces had been brushed with ink, though the text remained unchanged. Under Korea's anti-Communist laws, sample copies...
...billion, although even many of Safeguard's detractors find that figure outlandish. One criticism of Safeguard's cost goes to a fundamental question of national policy: Should even $10.8 billion be spent on a doubtful weapons system when there are so many desperate domestic needs for the money...
...also feel compelled to deploy a more sophisticated ABM system themselves. The U.S. has already tested MIRVs of its own, although they will not be operational for several years. If the cycle of ABM-MIRV goes on unabated, both nations will be tempted to spend great sums of money that will not really increase their security; the new weapons may, in fact, diminish safety. The prospect of a new lap in the arms race could also decrease the chances for serious agreement during the strategic arms-limitation talks that the U.S. hopes to begin with the U.S.S.R. next month...
...horses are used to pack visitors to the canyon (at $16 a round trip). Some 6,000 came by foot or horseback last year, but the tribe has almost nothing in the way of handcrafted goods, restaurants or inns that might encourage visitors to leave their money behind. Moreover, the horses help to keep the tribe isolated. Efforts to put a cable car line or Jeep trail into Supai have been resisted by the Indians, who fear that their only reliable source of income will be destroyed...
...Vegas is sick, of course, but in a curiously moralistic way that perhaps reflects its Mormon background. Pawnshops such as Stoney's (motto: "Hock It to Me, Baby"), the oldest in town, cheerfully advance money on wedding rings and spare automobile tires. They do draw the line at false teeth, eye glasses and hearing aids. Although prostitution is technically illegal in Las Vegas, an estimated 1,000 whores ply their profession on The Strip...