Word: steps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...take over the less populous South (17 million people, v. 19 million in the North). But the Viet Cong seem less than eager to be swallowed by the North. Through their representatives in Paris, Algiers, Bratislava and even Hanoi, the V.C. have announced that reunification should take place step by step, over a period of five to 20 years. All this pleases Viet Nam's smaller, frightened neighbors, some of whom use the same maxim that Britons apply to Germany: they love the country so much that they like to see two of them. Of course...
From his self-imposed exile in Paris, for mer Premier Constantine Karamanlis had heated up the political climate by calling on the junta to step down. Politicians on both the right and left sent the King secret assurances of their support, should he make a move. His advisers, mostly retired generals, assured him that the military would obey his commands. Furthermore, Constantine sensed a growing threat to what was left of his royal power. He may also have feared that the new constitution that was being prepared under junta guidance would strip the crown of the power of appointing...
McNamara. Under it, NATO will counter any Soviet attack with a three-phase graduated response that will begin with conventional weapons, step up to limited-range battlefield nuclear missiles, and progress to all-out H-bomb attack on the Soviet Union only if the Russians refuse to withdraw...
...seek employment without passports or entry permits. The Community will have both a "cabinet" composed of three ministers of East African affairs, one from each government, and a Legislative Assembly that will include nine persons from each nation to enact laws governing services. Though only a modest first step, the East African Economic Community promises to be the smartest-and the fastest-growing-club in Africa...
...want the job," Mehta said. "Artistically, it wouldn't be a step up for me. My orchestra is better than the New York Philharmonic." Mehta doubted that most of his supposed rivals for the job want it either. But the other candidates either kept mum or agreed with Composer-Conductor Pierre Boulez that leading the Philharmonic would be "a difficult but enviable...