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Against UVM (now 5-2 in Division I) Harvard trailed 2-0 after two periods that could charitably be described as loose, then roared into the lead with three rapid-fire tallies in the opening 3:38 of the third...
...Japan's peak growth rate in the 1960s, bringing the Korean economy by the end of the 1970s up to the level of a major European power. Although disturbed by rising energy costs and inflation by the end of the 1970s, most Koreans had benefited enormously by the unbelievably rapid improvement in standard of living, all of which gave them a dynamism not currently found in Europe and North America...
...United States Vela reconnaisance satellite monitored two rapid, bright flashes of light off the coast of South Africa on the night of September 22 which U.S. government analysts attributed to a nuclear explosion. South Africa denied detonating a nuclear device...
Calling for $157.5 billion in defense spending authority in fiscal 1981, the President announced the creation of a new force that could respond quickly to emergencies anywhere in the world. The Rapid Deployment Force, or RDF, will have no units specifically assigned to it; but the commander, a lieutenant general, will be able to draw on all the services, including the Marines and the Army's paratroopers, to form units tailored to meet any emergency. They might be as small as a battalion, or as large as several divisions. To transport the force, the U.S. will deploy intercontinental jumbo...
...giant C-5A troop and equipment airlifter, were in Secretary of Defense Harold Brown's office, reviewing the American capacity to move military forces around the world. And engineers and tacticians from Boeing and McDonnell Douglas scurried to the Pentagon with the announcement of plans for a Marine Rapid Deployment Force. The current official vocabulary has to do with American bases abroad, overflight rights with friendly countries, aerial refueling capacity. The adrenaline is flowing, but there are some tough problems on the way back to first-class power. A red-faced White House is learning that a new airborne...