Word: sustainers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...better or worse, the Army of the Republic of Viet Nam (ARVN for short) holds the key to the success of President Nixon's Vietnamization policy. Expert opinions are strongly divided on whether ARVN can sustain that policy. Reflecting the cynical view of more than a few American G.I.s who have returned from combat in Southeast Asia, one U.S. military adviser last week complained: "The colors in the South Vietnamese flag are certainly appropriate-most of the people are yellow, and the rest...
...help the Dodgers in their pennant quest. Barring wholescale injuries or a total collapse, Earl Weaver's team won't have a great deal of trouble remaining on their traditional perch on top to the division. Their pitching, by a conservative appraisal, is almost strong enough to sustain the pennant drive alone, with no help form the offense...
...facts of the case, as revealed in a tape recording of the indicent, are insufficient, not only to sustain the charges, but to justify bringing the charges...
...refreshed his memory since the week before. Now he conceded that he had talked to the chief White House troubleshooter on relations with corporations, Peter Flanigan (see box, next page). "Mr. Flanigan was simply a conduit," McLaren said. Flanigan obtained a report on the financial impact that ITT would sustain if it was required to divest itself of Hartford Fire Insurance Co., as McLaren had been insisting it must. The analysis helped change McLaren's mind. "I read the report and found it persuasive," McLaren said...
...hire 50 women as part-time caseworkers. The department discovered that the women accomplished nearly as much as the full-time caseworkers. Because the part-timers worked only five hours a day, they could keep up a level of effort and energy that full-time caseworkers found hard to sustain for eight hours. In addition, the turnover rate among the part-timers was only one-third that of their full-time colleagues...