Word: retard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...however, is to begin the "historic and constructive debate" which the President called for. There can be no great debate over the strategic and technological implications of an agreement which does little more than move anti-ballistic warhead tests from the atmosphere to a hole in the ground and retard contamination...
...Birmingham demonstrations have forced the President's hand. His failure to defend the demonstrators publicly would not retard their efforts; and it might turn them against the democratic system itself. If the President and his brother ignore the real significance of "Birmingham," they will forfeit their influence on Negro action in the South...
Credits & Debits. U.S. military advisers still complain that poor communications and the highly centralized command setup of South Viet Nam's President Ngo Dinh Diem retard quick response to Viet Cong attacks. But slowly, the tactics taught by the U.S. advisers-most notably the use of helicopters-have begun to show results. The Viet Cong is now suffering nearly twice as many casualties as the South Vietnamese and the amount of captured Viet Cong equipment is rising. Viet Cong defections are on the increase, and Viet Cong terror tactics against the Montagnards (mountain tribesmen), who have been indifferent...
...bounce. He is overweight (5 ft. 5 in., almost 200 lbs.) has high blood pressure and a heart condition. According to one rumor, he is receiving injections of water and procaine (better known by the trade name Novocain), a dubious treatment devised by a Rumanian woman doctor to retard the aging process. He has limited his partygoing, restricted his diet, cut out hard liquor. Nowadays, says Khrushchev, wagging a finger at First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan. 66, "he is the drinker, while I am the talker...
...still inevitably colored by engaging romanticism ("crude oil exerts a true attraction only on condition that it be buried under burning sands"), it is by this time fairly flexible and realistic. Always relying on historical perspective, Aron makes a good case for his contention that no inherent inefficiency will retard the growth of the economy...