Word: primes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with its politically damaging casualty lists and its endless thirst for dollars, was also agitating Richard Nixon. But his prime concern appeared to be inflation. With the Administration barely ten weeks old, throttling inflation has plainly emerged as the President's No. 1 priority, and the word has gone out from the White House that until the economy is cooled off every other problem, however pressing, must be subordinate to it. "It has to be dealt with," Urban Adviser Pat Moynihan said last week. "There is no liberal or conservative position on it. Only a damned fool would ignore...
Very Disappointing. In a sharply worded memo, Nixon termed the economizing effort "very disappointing" and ordered another try. A prime target, of course, is the Defense Department. Nixon wants Defense Secretary Melvin Laird to sweat $2 billion out of the $80 billion budget. In his first attempt, Laird managed to cut only $550 million. Nixon told him to try again, and this time Laird brought the reductions up to $1.1 billion, chiefly in "ground munitions," including the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system, which will take a $34 million...
...important shift of defense spending thus affects many interests and individuals. In fiscal 1968, the Defense Department contracted for $38.8 billion in goods and services, plus $6.5 billion for research and development, amounting to 5.3% of the 1968 G.N.P. These funds went to many thousands of prime contractors and subcontractors...
...frictions have developed, they have rarely seemed significant. In no area has North American unity seemed more certain than in matters concerning mutual security. Thus last week, on the eve of NATO's 20th anniversary, it came as a shock to most Americans when Canada's Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau announced that Ottawa will "take early steps to bring about a planned and. phased reduction" of the number of Canadian troops on duty in Europe. Though Trudeau did not say so, the new policy contemplates a complete withdrawal of Canadian forces from Europe by 1975. After that...
...Desert and Welles's Immortal Story; the midnight show is Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Peter Jaszi '68, Gitter's film booking agent, plans to book both first-run art films and rarely seen American classics into the theatre. Audience suggestions will be a prime factor in his selection of films, he said...