Word: tankful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pentagon touted the sleek, speedy M-1 Abrams tank as a revolutionary superweapon when it was put into production in November 1981. There was only one problem: the tank's engine, built by the Avco Corp.'s Lycoming division, had a tendency...
...especially when it can't be sure that check is going to be cashed wisely. Many have claimed that the U.S. armed forces banks too much on overly complicated weapons systems that are prone to excessive cost overruns and might not work on the battle field the M-1 tank and the F-18 fighter plane are two examples of this trend. The current Pentagon's proclivity to avoid reality in its budgetary planning as evinced in the latest inflation numbers scam can only exacerbate this tendency...
Almost from the moment the first tank rumbled across the border on that bright June day in 1982, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon has been passionately debated within Israel. As the acknowledged first war in which the country's life was not at stake, it also became the first war to be widely questioned for both motive and consequences. The debate will be revived with this month's publication of Snow Ball, by Shimon Shiffer, 36, diplomatic correspondent for the Voice of Israel. (The acronym in Hebrew for the invasion's official title, Operation Peace...
...TELEVISION MOVIE The Day After took a little more than five minutes to deal with the clash of troops, tanks, and tactical nuclear weapons in a European conflict. For the other two-hours and 55 minutess (including commercials), 70 million Americans viewed Kansas both before and after a general thermonuclear attack. You may recall the scenario: political upheaval in East Germany; Warsaw Pact siege of West Berlin; attack of NATO tank forces to relieve the beleaguered city; counterattack; NATO use of small nuclear weapons against an overwhelming Pact advance; holocaust...
...cutback drew fire both internationally and at home. Said Sven Burmester, a World Bank expert on sub-Sahara Africa: "This means that people will starve." Declared C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Institute for International Economics, a Washington-based think tank...