Word: sustainers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Contrary to your article, the events that are taking place in South Viet Nam's presidential election offer the best opportunity for the U.S. to make a "decent" exit from Southeast Asia. Under the existing circumstances, the U.S. should declare that South Viet Nam is unable to sustain a political democracy, that there is no reason for us to remain there, and that we should withdraw our remaining forces. By doing this, we would leave the image of a patient who died despite the extraordinary efforts of a good doctor...
...that Roman engineers had no way of clearing them of water. After that, says the geochemist, "it was like being bled to death without knowing that one was bleeding." The result was the gradual disappearance of Roman coins and the return to an unwieldy barter system too crude to sustain the empire...
...theme of Muskie's campaign will be slower to emerge. So far, he is relying heavily on his public image as a man of prudence and decency. Clearly, that will not be enough to sustain the long haul of a campaign. In his California appearances, Muskie seemed to confirm that while he can inspire confidence, he rarely arouses passion in his audiences. But his understated style can be eloquent. Meeting with 100 potential Democratic supporters in Monte Sereno, Muskie delivered an extemporaneous talk that many listeners found moving...
...anonymous jail in an unspecified country. They are pursued by a nameless army of faceless foes. Wherever they run, a helicopter hovers over them like a wrathful god. It is all very pompous, the kind of vague allegory that is open to any number of interpretations and able to sustain none...
...Pirates nine years ago, he has always hit what he likes to call "long taters"-a 512-ft. shot over the bleachers in the Los Angeles Dodger Stadium, a 542-ft. blast over the right-centerfield wall in Forbes Field. Trouble is, Willie has never been able to sustain his slugging over an entire season. Periodically slowed by bad knees, both of which have been operated on for bone chips, he is one of the league's most notorious streak hitters. Five years ago, for example, he set some kind of hot-cold record by collecting nine straight hits...