Word: stops
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Lyndon Johnson, if we are to believe the newspapers, really wants out. If so, then he must stop dallying with words and clearly establish a fundamental policy priority: that the military war, though it is not to be abandoned, is to be subordinated to the objective of peace. Simple slip-ups, such as simultaneous gestures of deescalation and announcements of arms increases, must be stopped. The policy specifically should seek to satisfy two broad objectives...
...Crimson defense just fell apart in the fourth period and couldn't stop the up-the-middle and off-tackle running of Green backs Bob Bennett and Terry Light...
...Cool Chat. Next stop was Bucharest. There, the columnist requested some time with Rumania's new boss, Nicolae Ceausescu, who had previously refused to talk to any non-Communist newsman. Within three days, Sulzberger got his interview - a record time for obtaining almost anything in Rumania. Part of the 45-minute chat was even televised. But Sulzberger did not let the privilege intimidate him. In his column Ceausescu got lower marks than he has received from most Western commentators. While granting that the "unabashed nationalist" has shown considerable ingenuity in fending off the Russians, Sulzberger doubted that he will...
...collected damages and broke the boycott. Then he began selling a quality radio for $45, when comparable sets were $75. He did the same with refrigerators, washing machines and TV sets. Again competitors moved to block Neckermann, each time helping to publicize his wares and prices. They did not stop him from getting supplies, but they did get repairmen to boycott Neckermann goods-with the result that Neckermann now has a chain of 115 repair shops, as well as 30 department stores, 79 smaller retail stores, two supermarkets and three mail-order centers...
...author reserves judgment for the business of war itself: "It is so easy to start wars or to get drawn into them," he writes, "and yet so difficult to stop them. One lesson we learned from Sunrise was the vital importance of establishing a secret contact and secure communications between the leaders on each side of the battle. This is not easy, but Sunrise proved that it is not impossible...