Word: money
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Money Game, 'Adam Smith...
...supersecret "research" compartment. His request for either a twin-mount 20-mm. or single-mount 40-mm. cannons to defend his vessel went unheeded by Navy brass. Instead, he was issued two .50-cal. machine guns that would be useless against another ship. The basic problem, said Bucher, was money. The original $5,500,000 allocation for refitting his ship had been slashed...
...allowed access to the classified material for which he might ultimately be responsible? Why was an ancient rust bucket like Pueblo chosen for conversion into a spy ship? Why were Bucher's requests for essential gear and weaponry repeatedly turned down? Why, if the Navy lacked the money to equip the ship properly, was Pueblo stationed off North Korea in the first place? Why no air cover? And why did the Navy steadfastly assume that North Korea, which is not a naval power and has no strategic reason for respecting the freedom of the seas, would never attempt...
...enterprise, a shadowy group of Western entrepreneurs owes its profits to the existence of the Communist world. It is composed of the people-smugglers, who have made a mechanical - and ruthless - business out of springing refugees from Eastern Europe for a price. The price can be high, both in money (one ring charges $2,500 per escape) and, all too often, in human terms as well. While the smugglers often succeed in getting their clients to the West, their methods some times get other Westerners into serious difficulties...
...Sciences provide the Computing Center with more funds and equipment. Bossert said that these recommendations have been poorly implemented. "The Computing Center is doing a fine job ... the Faculty of Arts and Sciences isn't making interesting efforts in instructional use of computers," he said. He added that "the money we spend for students is less than many other schools of our level...