Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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These articles, especially the helicopters, are not easy to obtain at this time, since they are being utilized by our armed forces in defense of liberty in other parts of the world. But liberty must be defended wherever it is threatened and that liberty is now being threatened in Guatemala. ( El Imparcial, Nov. 10, 1967, quoted in Thomas and Marjorie Melville, op.cit...
...that regard. I should point out that the credit for the $20 million family housing program mentioned in your story belongs not to me, but to the Secretary of the Navy John H. Chafee. Additionally, it was he who put forth major effort in trying to obtain sea pay for Navy people, and pioneered a program of construction for temporary lodging for military families at major naval bases...
Blood Print. Philadelphia Attorneys Bernard Segal and Dennis Eisman found their skills tried in uncommon ways. During closed hearings to determine whether there should be a court-martial, the CID sought to obtain hair samples from MacDonald. One day after a courtroom session, Army agents simply ran MacDonald's car off the road, flipped the protesting Eisman to the ground and took MacDonald off in "protective custody." After one doctor had taken snips of hair from all over MacDonald's body, the agents decided that the captain did not need protective custody any more...
...significance of their success is social and economic as well as medical. Methadone addicts obtain their drug legally and hence inexpensively. They can work to support themselves. Because most heroin addicts are forced to steal to sustain their habit, they now cost the country about $ 1 billion a year...
...issue is not settled soon, Mohawk could go out of business. Last week the line announced that it would seek to "restructure" its debts and obtain "modifications" of some $3,000,000 in various interest and note payments due in January. It has already deferred a Dec. 1 interest payment on a note of $10 million. "We'll make it," says Mohawk's Stephenson, who has taken a 75% salary cut -to $15,000 a year-for the duration. "We won't go under." Yet the two sides are so far apart that no one expects...