Word: packs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hanoi to supply troops in the South, but they argue that it makes no sense to risk heavy losses on such targets as trucks and supply shacks. An F-4 Phantom costs $2,500,000, they point out, while a Viet Cong hutch may be worth $20 and a pack animal $100. The brass want to hit Haiphong's port, big factories and the Red River Valley dams that supply most of the North's power...
...candidate likes to think of himself as a loser and most of the minor politicians delude themselves by imagining that their ability to pack a banquet hall is indicative of city-wide support. Likewise they imagine that the intense support and encouragement they receive in their own neighborhoods extends throughout the entire city. Collins must plan on polling poorly in each of the neighborhoods which produces an opponent for him, and, thus, he relies on only a few "safe" districts. But in 1963, the plurality that these districts gave him was enough to secure his renomination...
...Minuteman ICBMs, which can take off in 32 seconds, 54 Titan II missiles, which carry considerably more megatonnage than the smaller Minuteman, and 608 sub-borne Polarises-1,602 birds in all. With additions already under way, the flock will soon total 1,720 and pack a combined wallop equal to 1.8 billion tons of TNT, more than half a ton for every human being on earth. Nonetheless, the U.S. is planning yet another expansion of its missile arsenal...
...been a tough year for Captain Baker. In the beginning he would limp home in the middle of the pack, but his performance improved along with the team's enthusiasm near the end of the season...
...whole team seems to have a new enthusiasm, as if the season started all over again with Cornell. They are jumping out fast and getting away from the pack, and the new tactics are working better than their old style of hanging back and coming on strong at the finish...