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...debate leaves the Marines a unit in search of a mission, but a unit nonetheless. A 1952 law guarantees the Marines three combat divisions and three aircraft wings, and though Marine strength will shrink from its March 1969 level of 317,400 to below 200,000 as part of the general military cutback, the Corps itself will doubtless survive. Having fought heroically in some of the nation's fiercest battles, it has won the admiration of a vast number of Americans as well as powerful friends in Congress. Even if the U.S. in fact ceases to be "the world...
...Columbia, Capitol and such relatively new companies as General Recorded Tape and International Tape Cartridge. Ampex officials concede that their market share has recently dropped to about 35%-some rivals put it closer to 30%-and is likely to shrink further, perhaps to 25%. Though they think that such a share would be enough to keep sales rising because of anticipated market growth, they are not complacent about the prospect...
...Perversion: We've been called "perverts" enough to be suspect of any usage of the word. Still many of us shrink from the idea of certain kinds of sex: with animals, sado/masochism. dirty sex (involving piss or shit). Right off, even before we take the time to learn any more, there are some things to get straight...
...strategy that seems to juggle the economic variables in favor of price stability rather than growth or low unemployment. "Personal freedom," he said, "will be increased when there is more economy in government and less government in the economy." Over the next five years, federal revenues are scheduled to shrink from 20.8% to 19.6% of the gross national product. Thus the Nixon Administration will have little to spend for new social programs in the '70s unless it makes massive cuts in defense costs or decides to reverse the trend in federal taxation...
Currently, Indians in New Mexico, Montana and California are locked in battles with various Government agencies for control of land and water. The Paiutes of western Nevada have watched their emerald-green Pyramid Lake, ancient source of their cutthroat trout, shrink to one-third its former size by various water-diversion projects. The lake's ecological balance has been destroyed, and most of the fish have died...