Word: savely
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...number of organized efforts to save the Robie House have recently been set in motion, and the Yale School of Design has sent letters to 45 colleges and universities...
...militarily it would not save Britain anyway; 3) with the U.S. holding the free world's position in conventional weapons, Britain could safely retrench while it armed for the missile future. "It must be frankly recognized that there is at present no means of providing adequate protection for the people of this country against the consequences of an attack with nuclear weapons," said the White Paper flatly. "The only existing safeguard against major aggression is the power to threaten retaliation with nuclear weapons...
...Burden. The new plan was estimated to save $784 million in the next year, presumably more as time goes on. The shrinkage of overseas garrisons would save foreign exchange and help hugely with Britain's wasting balance-of-payments problem. Said Macmillan: "We believe that during recent years this country has been bearing rather more than its fair share of the burden. Seven percent of our working population are engaged in defense. Too many of our scientists and technicians are engaged in complicated tasks of research and development for defense purposes...
...Fatuous" Talk. Then the President brought the essence of the budget-cutting controversy into sharp focus, as nobody in the Administration, or on Capitol Hill, had managed to do before, despite the torrents of talk. "If you are going to save this money," he said, "you have got to look at programs [and decide] what programs you want to eliminate." In "all sorts of ways," he continued, "the Federal Government has been assuming responsibilities by law that, if continued, are just going to cost money. And it's just fatuous to get up and say we are just going...
DAVE BECK sought a foxhole and dug his grave. To invoke the Fifth Amendment does not warrant an automatic presumption of law violation. But the purpose of the amendment is to save a man's neck, not his reputation. Mr. Beck's action could not save him from the disgrace of running to cover behind a personal shield when the management of his union is under grave attack. The truth is that Mr. Beck is in a predicament in which silence may be even more damaging than candor would have been...