Word: timbers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...running for the Senate, is unhappy with McCarthy as well as Humphrey. Once a confidant of Lyndon Johnson, Hughes fell out with the Administration, largely because of the war, and became a Robert Kennedy supporter. Hughes agrees with McCarthy on Viet Nam, but does not regard him as presidential timber. Some other R.F.K. partisans, such as Larry O'Brien, have switched to Humphrey. Others, like Richard Goodwin, have gone to McCarthy; but many have stayed estranged from both candidates and are likely to rally behind George McGovern. And before the convention is called to order, still more may seek...
...claim to the Malaysian state of Sabah. The dispute is one of the more complicated quarrels on the international scene, but is not without a certain fascination of its own. The plot goes something like this; Sabah is a 29,000-sq.-mi. chunk of Borneo, rich in timber, rubber, tobacco and untapped mineral wealth. It is located in the Sulu Sea only 20 miles from the southernmost Philippine Islands. Once a haunt of Moro pirates, Sabah was signed over in perpetuity to the British in 1878 by its ruler, the Sultan of Sulu, in return for an annual honorarium...
...ripples across the roughest terrain like a huge, double-jointed caterpillar. It can cling to 60° slopes, climb over boulders and fallen timber, push its way through water, mud or snow. On less rigorous straightaways, it can whip along at speeds of up to 65 m.p.h. Built by Lockheed engineers as a high-performance, wheel-driven answer to the tank, the curious transport is fittingly called the Twister...
...economic development. There is no dearth, however, of physical or human resources. Its technical advisers in Viet Nam have proved that Taiwan has the kind of electric power, harbor development and agricultural experts necessary for rebuilding war's ruins. Malaysia can join in the reconstruction effort with timber and cement, South Korea with textiles and fertilizer. Indonesia, potentially a major Asian supplier of oil and copper, is even now busily luring the foreign investment necessary to exploit its rich natural resources...
...easily bit through the thin wall to an adjacent flooded mine, and water rushed through the gap, knocking down large chunks of walls. Four men drowned in the torrent. The six others scrambled to the highest spot in the 9 by 140-ft. area, frantically constructed a barricade of timber and heavy burlap to keep out the flood, foul air and deadly gases. As the water continued to rise, Larry Lynch, 28, fell to his knees and prayed: "Dear God, you can work miracles-I'm asking you for one." The water stopped, and never moved closer...