Word: recoups
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...overall situation in strategic III Corps, a 10,000-sq.-mi. area ringing the capital zone of Saigon, remains guardedly favorable. There is firm evidence that if the government reacts promptly enough, it may be able to recoup practically all the losses sustained...
...letters to assemble audiences of 200. The "home headquarters" approach that seemed so folksy at first turned into a trap for the candidate, consuming his time and energy with little return. Starting out far behind Nixon in the early polls, Romney relied heavily on handshaking and crowd pleasing to recoup. Said his state campaign manager, William Johnson: "We flapped our wings and stood on our heads. Nothing helped...
...enough in the cash-and-carry market. In print only a month, the volume-which accuses President Johnson of having "cast away" a chance to negotiate an end to the Viet Nam war early in 1967-has recorded almost 40,000 sales. That's not yet sufficient to recoup the advance of about $150,000 that Doubleday & Co. paid to Kennedy, but still it seems to be a brisk beginning...
...only 74 options now taken -the two countries are spending an estimated $1.4 billion on its development against the original 1962 estimate of $450 million. It is expected that another $500 million will be needed to fill the option orders, and a total of 200 must be sold to recoup a mere one-third of the development costs...
...waiting for the Army's decision, Smith finally got an A.C.L.U. lawyer who threatens to take the case to federal court unless Smith is honorably discharged. The Army considers those 18 months to be "bad time" and has put Smith on short pay-$20 since June to recoup the allotments his wife received during his absence. Glenda Fay Smith meanwhile is still receiving her allotments. A runner at Sixth Army headquarters, Smith has recently been given a battery of physical and mental tests. Though the Army is mum about the results, one officer cracked that Smith was "crazy like...