Word: ued
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other hand, détente finally paid off in the Middle East. The Russians had seemed ready to exploit every anti-U.S. opportunity in the area and, in particular, massively armed Syria. But after the Yom Kippur War, they played second fiddle to Kissinger's spectacular effort for peace and saw their own influence decline. The changed U.S. attitude toward the Arabs, from blind backing of Israel to what Nixon had described as a more evenhanded policy, was among the most important of all of Nixon's foreign policy accomplishments...
...least 16 sailors were killed. The accident happened when the Turkish navy provided the air force with incorrect map coordinates of the area in which it would be steaming. Since Turks and Greeks both sail warships provided by the U.S., the Turkish pilot mistook the Kocatepe (ex-U.S.S. Harwood) for a Greek destroyer and sank it with one well-placed bomb...
...Three times Unitas was voted most valuable player in the N.F.L., and he led the Baltimore Colts to four N.F.L. titles. Now Unitas will concentrate on business ventures. But it won't be the same. "I'd like to play another 30 years," said Johnny U...
Died. Arthur Kittredge Watson, 55, former chief of IBM's international operations and ex-U.S. Ambassador to France; following a fall at his home; in Norwalk, Conn. Son of IBM Founder Thomas J. Watson Sr., Watson rose to become chairman of IBM World Trade Corp., while his older brother Thomas Jr. took the reins of the parent company. Making his motto "world peace through world trade," he presided over a rise in IBM's foreign sales from less than $50 million to $2.5 billion annually. A major Republican contributor, Watson in 1970 was named U.S. envoy...
...difficulty of confronting and analyzing a document of such tremendous scope and technical nature is immediately apparent. In fact, Charles U. Daly, vice president for government and community affairs, says that the biggest danger that his office sees in the issuance of such a complete draft in the University and local communities is that individuals and groups usually expected to reply in detailed comments, may view the interim report as too finalized and refrain from extensive comment...