Word: tankful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...allegation came as a surprise to colleagues who had followed Kiessling's career. He became the youngest general in the Bundeswehr in 1971, took command of an armored tank division in 1976, then moved to a high-level staff job at the defense ministry in Bonn. In 1982, after Kiessling became a deputy to U.S. Army General Bernard Rogers, the NATO Commander, his progress was halted. A personality clash with Rogers apparently encouraged Kiessling to take early retirement effective next April. In September, Kiessling cleaned out his office at NATO headquarters in Casteau. Belgium, and shortly before Christmas...
...billion and operating grants totaled $142.5 million. By 1981 those figures had ballooned to $2.94 billion and $1.13 billion respectively. "From a local standpoint, federal mass-transit aid is cheap," says Gerald Miller, acting director of the transportation program at the Urban Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. "You can put up a couple of hundred million dollars and get billions back...
...these effects are projected by economic think-tank Data Resources Inc. should South America declare a general default on debt owed to U.S. banks. The international debt crisis, which began in 1981, is deeply rooted in world events of the past 15 years, and shows with painful clarity how tightly the U.S. economy is bound to the rest of the world...
...troubling implication in that idea is that if a nuclear war could be won, it would probably be won by the nation that struck first, by surprise. No top U.S. official would say that Moscow might be designing its strategy based on such a preemptive strike, but some think-tank strategists are less reticent. Says Raymond Garthoff of the Brookings Institution: "If war came, they would probably launch an all-out attack on the U.S. They might go first, with everything...
...both visual and electronic on the Jordan River itself and on strategic high ground throughout the West Bank. These stations would be manned by Israeli soldiers, who would be guaranteed free passage to and from the border. 2)Maintenance of open and adequate communications and transportation routes for Israeli tank forces throughout the West Bank. These roads would not be used for exercises, only kept in constant readiness for use in an emergency. 3)Maintenance of ammunition and supply dumps throughout the territory. The need for these logistical supports quickly becomes crucial in the type of lightning warfare used...