Word: quieter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...uproar grew out of an international scandal that has slowly been surfacing for more than six months. Concerned by apparent advances in Moscow's military technology, the Pentagon last year launched a probe to find out why the newest Soviet submarines were so much quieter and thus less vulnerable to enemy detection than their predecessors. Investigators discovered that between 1981 and 1984 Toshiba Machine and Kongsberg had falsified export documents and secretly supplied the Soviets with computer-controlled lathes used to manufacture state-of-the-art propellers for submarines and aircraft carriers. The props are particularly valuable on Soviet subs...
Whatever action is taken, the Navy may still face a serious problem. Though the U.S. has only 96 attack submarines, in contrast to the Soviets' 265, the American fleet used to be considered stronger by virtue of superior technology. Now that the new Soviet subs are equipped with quieter propellers, that superiority is threatened. As a result, the Navy may convince Congress that the number of U.S. subs must be increased sharply. Because the newest submarines under development -- known as the Seawolf class -- will cost more than $1 billion each, it is the U.S. that could pay the highest price...
...American forces. Indeed, he insisted on hiding any evidence of American support for the exile army. For that reason the White House decided to cancel crucial air strikes and change the site of the landing from the town of Trinidad, at the foot of the central mountains, to the quieter venue of the Bay of Pigs. It was these decisions, Pfeiffer argues, rather than a faulty process of consultations, that doomed the operation from the start...
...early December, students of the University of Science and Technology in Hefei launched a wave of pro-democracy demonstrations that spread to major cities across China. Last week the same students found a quieter way to express their sentiments: at least 1,000 reportedly signed their names in souvenir albums that paid homage to the university's ousted president, Guan Weiyan. The veteran educator and physicist had been sacked for not exercising tighter control over University Vice President Fang Lizhi, an outspoken defender of liberalization who had also lost his job after the marches. As he left his office, Guan...
Each week TIME brings readers stories and pictures of major news events, but our editors also strive to present the quieter, more slowly developing trends and realities that affect our world. The plight of young black men in America is one such undercurrent, and in this issue we explore the subject at greater than usual length...