Word: rusk
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hill had been missing since March 13. Though his case had been investigated by the police missing-persons department, it was not turned over to the special task force because Hill reportedly had a history of running away. Enrolled in a class for emotionally disturbed children at the Dean Rusk School, Hill was a likable boy who often earned money by helping shoppers carry their groceries...
...thirds the price in California's Santa Clara Valley. Wages also tend to be lower-an electrical technician in San Jose, Calif., makes an average of $9.77 an hour; his non-union colleague in Colorado Springs makes $7.84-but there are many other compensations. As Albuquerque Mayor David Rusk told TIME Correspondent Michael Moritz: "Refugees from the East and California pull up stakes, take a cut in salary, and trade the loss in money for psychic income...
...children are coming to city halls, state houses and Capitol Hill. In his latest book, Changing of the *uard: Power and Leadership in America, Broder profiles the top contenders to be leaders of the new era, the best and the brightest of the generation of McGeorge Bundy's, Dean Rusk's and Chester Bowles's children...
...used if the two countries ever went to war with each other. From Moscow's viewpoint, the question was given particular force by the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, when John Kennedy faced down Nikita Khrushchev and forced him to remove Soviet rockets from the island. A relieved Dean Rusk, then Secretary of State, added a memorable phrase to the annals of diplomacy when he commented at the time: "We were eyeball to eyeball, and the other fellow just blinked...
...rules can be written for the relationship among President, Secretary and the NSC adviser in this era of power by personality. The central figure, as always, is the President. For instance, McGeorge Bundy, National Security Adviser from 1961 to '66, was a forceful intellect, but he never shouldered Rusk aside. The reason was John Kennedy, a man who studied world events and the shifts of power and had seasoned views of America's role. Lyndon Johnson, the domestic impresario, was less certain. He needed help and turned to Rusk, Robert McNamara, his Defense Secretary, and Walt Rostow...