Word: pentagon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...special prosecutor, Archibald Cox, out of office after playing a devious role in the phony Stennis compromise on the Nixon tapes. He had also managed to disregard much of the evidence against Nixon until it was too devastating to ignore. In returning to the Army, Haig now faces considerable Pentagon resentment from officers who feel that he has been too politicized for the Army's good...
...developed a tough, he-man reputation, despite his love for classical music and gourmet cooking. His image as a crusty, limited man who loved destruction and hated to take prisoners led to some predictions that he would stumble after the war. But he served with distinction in the Pentagon, Europe and Korea, and displayed sensitivity and tact in 1962 and 1963 when President Kennedy called on him to command federal troops during tense racial confrontations at Oxford, Miss., and Tuscaloosa and Birmingham...
Specifics of what's likely to happen this year are naturally hard to predict. One possible storm center might be the Godkin lectures on foreign policy in the fall--former Pentagon director Elliot Richardson '41 is the lecturer, and he ran into some heckling at Class Day last year. Another likely possibility is another union battle--some of Harvard's secretaries have been talking about organizing, and there are a lot more of them than there were printers. In general, my guess is that Provisionals are more in touch with other students than they've been for some time, partly...
...cost of about $100 million). Democratic Representative Otis Pike and Republican Senator Jacob Javits of New York are pressing the State Department to approve. But it scarcely seems in the U.S.'s interest to let an important defense contractor become financially dependent on a foreign government. The Pentagon is urging Grumman to seek financing from U.S. banks instead. There also is a serious political question of how much the U.S. wants to assist the Shah in expanding Iran's sphere of military influence. Though it can operate from land bases, the F-14 is designed to be flown...
...loud quarrel also appears to be developing over Pentagon purchases of an other important weapon, the Trident atomic-powered submarine. In July, the Navy ordered the first of the mammoth subs from General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division for $285.4 million, the highest price the Defense Department has ever paid for a single item. Last week Defense confirmed that it had acted over the objections of the Navy's director of procurement, Gordon W. Rule...