Word: newe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pentagon they call it the "Bay of Rugs." The humor is a little weak, but the point is valid. Just as the Bay of Pigs in 1961 sobered John Kennedy's Government, so has the Iranian crisis shocked today's Washington into a new sense of reality...
...world, the U.S. and the White House are different. Just how, we will begin to see when the tension now girdling the capital is finally eased, with or without tragedy. A new era is coming...
...already riding high. Among them are Washington's Henry M. Jackson, who has fought a lonely battle for more U.S. power year upon year, Georgia's Sam Nunn, who saw a crisis coming and used the SALT debate to nudge the Government toward more concern, and New York's Daniel Patrick Moynihan, one of the preachers of the new reality. Jackson's phone has been ringing with callers urging him to get into the presidential race. Sam Nunn looked up at an aide last week and marveled at the sudden interest the media were displaying...
...Rapid Deployment Force. The current official vocabulary has to do with American bases abroad, overflight rights with friendly countries, aerial refueling capacity. The adrenaline is flowing, but there are some tough problems on the way back to first-class power. A red-faced White House is learning that a new airborne carrier may be needed for cruise missiles. The Administration is making embarrassed inquiries about a version of the B-1 bomber canceled...
After the killings, FBI Agent Bernard Perez said: "An open attack is a new thing. It could be an escalation." Officials worriedly recalled the stealing of hundreds of pounds of explosives from a construction site in October 1978 and the looting of weapons from a police armory last spring. One potential flashpoint for more violence: Navy maneuvers that are expected to be held in late January or early February. Anti-Navy protesters are already planning mass demonstrations...