Search Details

Word: targeted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Target & Muscle. The deficit grows out of the nation's vast commitments around the world-and the insatiable wanderlust of millions of its well-heeled citizens. In 1967, the outflow turned to a flood-between $3.5 billion and $4 billion. Major factors included the tourist rush to Canada's Expo 67, the outpouring of private funds to finance Israel's costly war, the slowdown in Europe's economies and, most important of all, Britain's devaluation of the pound, which caused a speculative rush for gold and put intense pressure on the gold-backed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy: Stanching the Flood | 1/12/1968 | See Source »

Along with his program, Johnson initiated a spate of wide-ranging actions to implement it. "We have a target," he said, "and we are going to put all the muscle that this Government has behind the dollar." He meant it. Three teams were dispatched abroad to urge "cooperative action" from America's allies-one headed by Under Secretary of State Nicholas Katzenbach to Europe, another led by Under Secretary for Political Affairs Eugene Rostow to Asia, a third captained by Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs Anthony Solomon to Canada. Preliminary negotiations were under way to offset the cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy: Stanching the Flood | 1/12/1968 | See Source »

...Your Essay on the budget lists "the $4.6 billion public-works bill for fiscal 1968" as a target for cutting [Dec. 8]. Unfortunately, you followed the practice of most American news media in failing to mention that more than $2.5 billion of that total is the budget for the Atomic Energy Commission. While not disputing that items in the public-works section of the bill could be cut, I feel journalistic accuracy should reflect the dual nature of the Public Works and Atomic Energy Commission Appropriation Bill. You might wish to express your opinion on whether the AEC portion should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 29, 1967 | 12/29/1967 | See Source »

...raids, then assembles his staff in his war conference room to plot the day's operations, using weather and intelligence reports and checking reconnaissance slides projected on an 8-ft.-by-10-ft. screen. He has authority on his own to strike at some 200 existing targets in North Viet Nam. When his intelligence turns up new ones he would like to hit, the request goes up the chain of command to CINCPAC in H waii or, if it is a particularly sensitive target, to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon, the Secretary of Defense or even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Rolling the Thunder | 12/29/1967 | See Source »

...himself cannot define precisely. "I think it conies from experience," he says. "I know most of these people personally and I know when something will hurt them. I can get away with nuances and insinuations that will sting them a little." He is, says a friend, "lethally neutral." Every target -tycoon or President, Republican or Democrat, general or sergeant, victor or vanquished-gets equal time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stars: The Comedian as Hero | 12/22/1967 | See Source »

Previous | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | Next