Word: strengthing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...McNamara vowed that the U.S. would always maintain a sizable lead over the Russians, many Congressmen were alarmed by his report that Moscow has more than doubled its land-based intercontinental-ballistic-missile force, to 720, in a year. Clifford agrees that the U.S. "must be superior" in missile strength...
...Viet Nam. All the signs indicate that Johnson is once more going through the process of preparing the nation for news of a major notch-up in the war. When the announcement will come is uncertain, but it seems likely that Johnson has in mind an increase in troop strength on the order of nearly 200,000 men. That would have far-reaching effects. It would add as much as $10 billion to the $77 billion Defense budget. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Wilbur Mills said a "substantial acceleration" of the war "could force" Congress to raise taxes...
...after all, won a general election in his own right since his 1950 Senate race. The primaries were to have been his means, and George Romney the man conveniently heading the loser's column. By driving Romney out of New Hampshire before the vote, Nixon certainly demonstrated strength rather than weakness. It was, as one of his aides put it, "the first T.K.O. in American politics...
Nayar joined Harvard's varsity last year as a sophomore. Coach Jack Barnaby said that his greatest strength is his "extraordinary fleetness of foot and ability to retrieve shots," which lets him play an apparently reckless game. Sharp, quick wrist shots that hide his moves are another advantage he has over most collegiate players, who use a full-arm swing...
...freshman game, Harvard won 60-56 oin the strength of 6-8 center George Yates's 24 points. Featuring a 6-2 guard from New York, Dale Dover, and two or three other varsity prospects, the freshmen wound up the season...