Word: watchfully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...scant support for an invasion. Although State Department experts agreed that severe economic troubles have greatly weakened Mao's regime, most were skeptical that any commando raids by Chiang would touch off a general revolt. The U.S. also could not believe that Khrushchev would sit back and watch the Chinese Communists fall, whatever his disagreements with his rival in Peking. Still, the question of support for the Nationalists was not easily dismissed...
...finally relaxing their grip on the rope. Resnick's body slumped face-down on the sand. Jackie Spurlock, 29, quickly removed two rings from the dead man's fingers, methodically went through his pockets. The haul: a two-carat diamond ring, two wedding rings, a stainless-steel watch, worn gold Masonic ring and key, two dimes and five pennies, with a total value of $3,440.25. The four climbed back into the car and drove away...
...arming. Moscow would welcome witnesses to the destruction of a certain number of guns and bombs, but would not let outsiders in to see whether Russia is turning out bigger and better arms at factories elsewhere. As one American expert puts it: "We're invited to watch the bonfire, but we're not permitted to inspect the production lines...
...Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, fans are even more fortunate: next month, when the 1962 season opens, they will watch their baseball in boldly designed new stadiums whose architecture alone is worth the price of admission...
...California's Santa Barbara campus, the U.S. military bases in Spain, the Berlin Hilton hotel and CBS's Television City in Hollywood. Most of the architecture was frankly Pereira. Luckman wanted to grow bigger and bigger; Pereira wanted to stay small so that he could personally watch over every project from beginning to end. Each got his wish four years ago, when Luckman bought out Pereira...