Word: shoulderful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...supply convoy from North Viet Nam arrived at the Pathet Lao headquarters at Khang Khay. At such news, Kong Le is apt to wince, rub an old battle scar on his forehead and say: "My head hurts." Then he usually takes some pills, and a bodyguard treats his shoulder with Vicks ointment...
...main justification for MLF is not military but political. It is aimed primarily at satisfying West Germany's demand for an equal voice with Britain and France in NATO's nuclear councils, and the Germans are already pledged to match the U.S.'s offer to shoulder 40% of the cost...
...years and twelve big-league seasons, Mickey Mantle has learned to live with pain the way most men live with shaving in the morning. He has an arrested case of osteomyelitis in his left leg. The cartilage is gone from his right knee. His right shoulder has been weak since 1957, when he collided with Red Schoendienst at second base. He has twisted innumerable muscles, and during the 1961 World Series, he bled through his uniform from an abscess on his hip. There is no telling how good a healthy Mickey Mantle might have been. Crippled, he has been good...
Searching for a broader solution, the Administration realizes that it must somehow induce its affluent allies to shoulder a greater part of the foreign aid bill and that it must stimulate U.S. exports, which have declined from 30% of the world total in 1954 to 24% lately. One answer would be a subsidy or special tax write-off plan for exporters, but the Administration is counting on its proposed tax cut to make U.S. industry more productive and competitive in world markets...
However, when Aldo Moro took over as Italy's Premier-designate last month, Washington realized that his fragile government is in no position to honor its commitment to shoulder MLF's cost, or even to participate. Thus the U.S., which has promised to contribute 40%, and persuaded the Germans to pledge another 40%, has finally put pressure on Britain. To Whitehall's dismay, Washington announced that its top MLF expert, Admiral Claude Ricketts, deputy chief of naval operations, would fly to London this week to discuss the government's technical reservations and satisfy British complaints that...