Word: traps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...vast private army of secret police and 15 divisions of elite troops, the ambitious policeman was in a perfect position to grab control. After tailing Beria for a few weeks, the Party Presidium realized that his coup could come any moment, and so they decided to spring the trap. Acting Party Boss Khrushchev buttonholed Marshal Kirill S. Moskalenko, then commandant of the Moscow antiaircraft defenses, asked him bluntly: "Have you some men who are willing to risk their lives?" Replied Moskalenko: "I have...
...reduce freight charges by 50%. Both would take about five years to build. The tunnel's main advantage is that at an estimated $364 million, it would cost only half as much as the bridge. Moch contends that a tunnel would induce claustrophobia and be a trap in case of an accident. But pro-tunnel people contend that the bridge's numerous pilings would be a hazard to shipping and that the roadway would probably be impassable during...
...sniper. In the jungle north of the capital, a 500-man paratroop battalion was ambushed at the end of a three-hour forced march by 1,000 Communists armed with Soviet weapons. At a cost of 20 dead and "numerous" wounded, the paratroopers fought their way out of the trap, and claimed to have killed 100 of the attackers...
Beat Princeton, lose to Yale. Beat Yale, lose to Princeton. It's a trap. The varsity cross country team, a solid favorite in the Big Three meet for the first time in years, went down to a resounding defeat before Princeton yesterday at Franklin Park. And though the Crimson beat Yale at long last, it was hardly the kind of thing you'd want to tell your grandchildren about...
...factors alone would lead to general depression in the event of disarmament. The government, he notes, could continue to pay arms producing corporations after production of weapons had ceased, thus maintaining the status que. In proposing various less costly courses of action for the government, Fasteau eludes the traditional trap for budding economists; disregard of the political verities. He recognizes the widespread tendency to identify Keynes with Communism and temporary deficit spending with personal insolvency. Unlike most of his elders, however, he stresses the value of a public information program as an effective means for eliminating these misconceptions. Flitting from...