Word: rubberized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Reagan should not have expected a rubber stamp. Even during the campaign, Finch had demonstrated his independence. He opposed, for example, the vote-catching anti-pornography legislation that Reagan vigorously supported. "Finch has adroitly managed to establish an aura of independence without really differing consequentially," said Assembly Democratic Leader Jesse Unruh, with a trace of admiration. "And that takes some doing...
...barred from the scene. Two ARVN Special Forces battalions were also savaged by enemy attacks 35 miles northeast of Saigon: their casualties were reported as "moderate," a euphemism for fairly substantial losses. The continued enemy pressure around Saigon was underscored by the U.S. sweep in the V.C.-infested Michelin rubber plantation northwest of the capital. After a week of battle, more than 600 enemy troopers were reported killed. To the north, along the Demilitarized Zone, U.S. infantrymen ran across a North Vietnamese force, killing 120 Communist soldiers while taking 14 dead and 30 wounded of their...
...seriously weaken the central government in Rawalpindi. If Mujib's East Pakistanis had their way, Ayub feared, what would prevent similar demands in West Pakistan that the province be carved up into four separate states? Aware for the first time that he might lose control of his once rubber-stamp National Assembly, Ayub wrote a letter to Yahya inviting the army to move...
...with Singapore has grown to nearly $40 million, and the Soviets apparently would like access to the British naval base for their own growing Pacific trading fleet when the Union Jack is hauled down in 1971. In two short years, the Soviets have become the largest purchasers of Malaysian rubber. As the flag follows trade, they have opened an embassy in Kuala Lumpur. They are offering the Japanese the opportunity to share in the development of Siberia's natural riches; one deal concerning timber has already been made. In addition, the Japanese are building a canning factory that will...
...front tires on certain highway tractors. The hoses at times rubbed against the tires and wore through, causing brake failure. Chrysler last year mailed new gasoline tank caps to 25,000 of its customers to replace a faulty one that posed a safety peril. The old cap had a rubber seal that, because it tended to swell up and cover the cap's air hole, could have caused the gas tank to collapse...