Word: nationally
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Amphibious Forces. Sending in the Marines has traditionally been one of the nation's most effective means of intervening in distant lands. There is concern now, however, over whether the Leathernecks could really reach the beaches. Declares Nunn: "If the U.S. Marines were called upon to undertake a major landing in the Persian Gulf or elsewhere in the Middle East, they would probably have to walk on water to get ashore." With only 63 amphibious ships, the Marines are suffering from a severe shortage of vessels for such operations and probably could not land more than one division...
There they were, only a seat apart on the dais: the President and the Senator who would be President. Jimmy Carter rose to praise the Senator's late brother for having "summoned our nation out of complacency." Then he listened attentively as the Senator described his brother's Administration as "years of grace, trust and hope," and vowed: "The journey never ends, the dream shall never die." The scene at the dedication of the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston was symbolic of Jimmy Carter's week; nearly everywhere he went the shadow of the phantom...
...worries particularly about the fact that we in the U.S. are making politics a life time career. The search for "electoral immortality," he calls it. "Those in Congress know the causes of inflation," he insisted, "but the solutions are unpopular politically. They vote for reelection, not what helps the nation...
Many of those who were swept into office by the professional tactics developed in recent years, says Eisenhower, come to Washington with "the assumption that they don't dare be truthful" about the great questions facing the nation. The presidential selection process of dozens of state primaries preceding the conventions is also on the Eisenhower list of political abominations. He sees political maneuver being placed over purpose...
...newly repainted Hotel de Godefroy. There they peered briefly into Room 16, where nearly 60 years ago the late Chou En-lai met with fellow Chinese students to thrash out many of the ideas that led eventually to the Communist takeover of the world's most populous nation. Hua's pilgrimage to Chou's onetime cubicle may have been the sentimental high point of his seven-day visit to France, his starting point for a three-week, four-nation tour of Western Europe...