Word: vastness
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Curiously, at a time of high unemployment, the top brass of the armed forces are retiring in droves. By the end of September, 215 generals and admirals - 17% of the Pentagon's total - will have retired this year, along with 2,300 colonels and Navy captains. The vast majority of those stepping down do so voluntarily. Reason: at those ranks an officer may have a larger U.S. income in mufti than in uniform...
...findings have tended to show what does not work. Squad-car cruising, for example, was long thought critical to crime control; then a 1974 study in Kansas City, Mo., showed little crime variation no matter how few or many cruisers were patrolling test areas. Looking at the vast array of police experimentation, the L.E.A.A.'S Caplan says, "There have been no breakthroughs, and none are on the horizon...
...Peace has little to do with semantic quibbles about nonbelligerency. Peace means that Arab governments have to behave toward Israel exactly as they behave toward Italy and France. It involves a vast transformation of Arab attitudes, ideas, slogans, policies and conduct. Is any leader explaining this to the Arabs with the candor that characterizes the way some of us are talking to the Israeli people about the need to give up territories for peace...
...some Senators wondered, did the U.S. require such an augmented arsenal just at the moment when its vast expenditures in Southeast Asia had ended? Liberals such as Massachusetts' Edward Kennedy argued for reordered priorities. Said Minnesota's Walter Mondale: "We have kept our military machine polished but have let our cities decay, our transportation systems collapse, our national unity dissolve." A counterargument held that a reduction in defense spending would actually damage the domestic economy by throwing thousands out of work. The liberals' central argument was that, as Kennedy said, with 22,000 tactical nuclear weapons stockpiled...
...public has less hesitation about taking complaints to court. The past decade has brought a vast increase in lawsuits as minority groups, women and consumers have used the courts to win better schools, job opportunities and protection against fraud. It is only natural that patients who feel wronged by their doctors should also consider suing...