Word: strengthen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...NATO commander, Haig has won high praise from European leaders and the Carter Administration for his efforts to strengthen the alliance's defenses. But he disagreed with Carter's decision to delay development of the neutron bomb, and has expressed serious misgivings about the SALT II treaty. His tough anti-Soviet stance makes him attractive to some Republicans. But party pros say Haig's closeness to Nixon and the Watergate crisis will hurt his presidential chances, though they think he might make a strong candidate for the U.S. Senate, depending on where he settles when he returns...
...General Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, who is currently trying to decide whether he can strengthen his hold on the country by executing his predecessor. He has talked a lot about holding free elections but now seems reluctant to do so. "What worries me," say a Western diplomat, "is that there is another [Colonel Muammar] Gaddafi down there, some radical major or colonel in the Pakistani army. We could wake up and find him in Zia's place one morning and believe me, Pakistan wouldn't be the only place that would be destabilized...
While the U.S. is tamping down its economy to fight inflation and strengthen the dollar, Western Europe is beginning to emerge from the stagnation that began when oil prices were quintupled in 1973-74. The result will be "a scissors movement"-Europe's economies will move up, while U.S. growth declines in 1979. This metaphorical prediction, from the 24-nation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, is one of the most optimistic forecasts that the Old World has seen in years...
...eager to stress its cooperative role of supplementing and bringing to fruition (rather than subverting) the offerings of the VES department. Close contact with the group's faculty advisors, Jane Foley, Assistant Studio Professor, Dimitri Hadzi, Studio Professor and John Stilgoe, Assistant professor, will serve to strengthen these ties; moreover, the group is grateful to Bakanowsky for his encouragement and suggestions...
...into another's tactical radio network. Completely unifying the system, however, is a project that could cost billions of dollars. Logistics, especially the resupplying of units after combat begins, is "a horrible mishmash," according to an Administration strategist. While it would be possible, in time of crisis, to strengthen a German division with a Belgian battalion, this unit would continue to be supplied by the Belgians, even down to rations. As a first step toward untangling the potential mess, NATO has created the post of Assistant Secretary General for Logistics...