Word: slow
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dual assault, with all its variations, has made the task of the U.S. and its allies doubly difficult?tough to assess and hard to explain. Victories over the North Vietnamese troops do not readily translate into visible progress in the guerrilla war. The bombing of North Viet Nam may slow the southward flow of arms and aid, but as yet has not notably diminished the vast acreage of land now in Viet Cong hands. That differential in payoff is the chief reason for the war's frustration. For it is accepted as axiomatic by everyone concerned that the war will...
...Cache of Insights. For all the heavy fighting and numerous Allied victories of the past two years, progress in wresting that green bastion away from the Viet Cong has been painfully slow ?and some of that progress has recently been undone by the necessity of freeing U.S. Marines from the day-today chores of pacification so that they can face North Vietnamese regulars newly active in the DMZ. The South Vietnamese government's guess?and it is admittedly only that?is that 60% of the national population is now "under government control," up from a little more than...
...been its adoption by U.S. industry. Thousands of companies and other private organizations now use two-way radios to call their men in the field, be they taxi drivers, repairmen, or even tractor drivers on large farms. Then, the manufacturers of communications and electronics equipment have not been slow to realize the plan's clear-cut potential for community service, as well as boosting sales...
...Javelin's main rival as a conversation piece is likely to be Chevrolet's Corvette, which will feature a sleeker silhouette and a Ferrari-like snout. Mercury will introduce its new Montego, which will essentially be an elongated Comet. Dodge will add some curves to its slow-selling Charger. Such features as cover-up headlights will become even more familiar. And to comply with new federal regulations, the '68 cars will have smog-emission-control devices and, mandatory after Jan. 1, such safety features as additional seat belts (with harnesses for front-seat passengers), obtrusion-free dashboards...
...cutting prices last February, the company got some extra sales push out of its slow-moving Rambler American economy line. It decided to scrap its ill-conceived Marlin fastback effective with the 1968 model-year, meanwhile cut back production on all '67 models to make sure that it would not be stuck with unsold cars. "Since January," says Luneburg, "we've operated at about halftime. I've never seen it before-and I never want to again...