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...institutions has been firmly and irrevocably established in this their susceptibility to the charisma of Commanders-in-Chief, but no one, from William Henry Harrison to Dwight David Eisenhower, ever came to power at the head of an infantry column. It is unlikely that establishing a volunteer army would unleash a succession of military coups...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Case for a Volunteer Army | 2/25/1967 | See Source »

...weeks to dangerous levels. For the Israelis, however, trust must equally reside in Israel's highly mechanized and vigorous army, without which the 19-year-old nation might long since have been pushed into the sea. Last week Premier Levi Eshkol came under heavy pressure at home to unleash his mailed fist in retaliation for what is interpreted in Jerusalem as nothing less than Syrian brinkmanship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: A Poised Fist | 1/27/1967 | See Source »

...upon rank of mobile mortars and howitzers that can be called in by air as quickly as he needs them. Overhead hover helicopters bristling with machine guns, rockets and automatic grenade launchers; above the "gunships" circle jet fighter-bombers armed with searing napalm, white phosphorous and bomblets that can unleash deadly patterns of tiny steel pellets. In no other war has American weaponry so quickly matched the demands of a difficult tactical terrain. From the swamps of the Mekong Delta, where 30-ft. patrol boats packed with unsinkable plastic foam whisk along on water jets, to the shell-pocked "Rockpile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Arsenal in Action | 11/18/1966 | See Source »

...outside game, Penn will have a chance today to unleash the full fury of its offense against Bucknell. Bucknell may be the big stuff over in the Middle Atlantic Conference, but when it yields 82 points to the likes of Temple, then it is vulnerable where Penn can exploit most. The final score, however, should remain in double figures...

Author: By Boisfeuillet JONES Jr., | Title: Ivy Games Lopsided Today | 10/15/1966 | See Source »

...handling of suspects-Chicago newspapers have treated the mass slaying of eight student nurses with reasonable restraint. Headlines and stories have been as cool as the event permits. Still, in collecting the lurid details, one paper has had a clear advantage. Chicago's American was able to unleash Harry ("Romy") Romanoff, 74, the last of the city's great Front Page, get-the-story-at-all-costs reporters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Hot on the Line | 7/29/1966 | See Source »

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