Word: staying
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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John Kennedy used to read books about courage. What took more guts, he asked himself and a few around him: To stay out of a war on the mainland of Asia, as General Douglas Mac Arthur had told him to do in 1961, or to charge on in with the U.S. flag flying? He never had a chance to fully make up his mind about that...
...long as the Vietnamese forces can hold their own, the Soviets will probably prefer to reap the propaganda benefits of restraint. The danger is that if the Chinese were to press the war too far, moving against Hanoi or Haiphong or indicating an intention to stay on Vietnamese soil, the Soviets themselves would not want to appear weak and would feel compelled to act. If so, what would they do? Administration experts say the Soviet options are many. They could mount a major resupply of Vietnamese forces, dispatch large numbers of military advisers, or even take direct military action...
Motorists will feel the supply pinch first. Gas stations in Florida and Oklahoma are already moving to reduce the number of hours they stay open. Drivers in Colorado are finding that some stations are either closing early or limiting sales. Airline flights continue to be affected; last week an Eastern Air Lines plane carrying Chairman Frank Borman from Miami to Atlanta was diverted to Tampa to take on fuel. These spot shortages will probably become more acute and will spread when warm weather leads to more driving and the Energy Department moves to ensure that no one region is disproportionately...
...cross-country skiers a weekend, today may have 1,000. "It started as a neat thing to do in winter for people who were backpackers," says Dave Chantler of Seattle. "Now joggers, bicyclists and others are catching on to it. It's a good way for them to stay in shape...
...take on fuel and supplies. Scanning the sunset at the helm of his schooner, Atlantas, in Los Angeles Harbor, Teacher Ron Remsburg muses: "When you look at that compass, you can say to yourself: I can go any direction in the world that I want to go." Or stay at home, listening to the slapping halyards, creaking hull, bird cries and the whisper of the evening tide...