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...asked, can the U.S. intervene all over the world to support friendly governments? "You can't," he answered. "And why should you?" Friendly governments, he said, should be helped to become strong enough to defend themselves. Any unilateral U.S. ban on arms sales, the Shah insisted, would only weaken U.S. influence among its friends and create a vacuum that will be filled by Russia...
...Wall. A new wave of walkouts in the fall could weaken the economy just when there was widespread hope for a vigorous upturn. On the other side of the coin, lavish labor settlements, coming on top of undiminished spending for the Viet Nam war, would surely add to the dangers of inflation...
...quietly withhold some flashy weapons, such as tanks and guns. But minor hardware and spare parts are the crucial materials which must be withheld in order to pressure the regime into calling elections. Opponents of a serious cutoff (Talbot is among them) offer three basic arguments; it could weaken the Greek defense, and hence, NATO; it could lead to civil war; and it is unnecessary since the junta is already moving to wards a new constitution...
...visualize the overall inflammatory process," said Dr. Glenn, "as a wave or chain of cellular destruction." The first result of injury is to cut cells open, in the case of a stab wound or burn, or to weaken their membranes, in the case of many infections or poisoning by plants or animals. Either way, powerful chemicals that had been locked inside the cells, some in leakproof packages, spill...
...villagers. The successive regimes after him followed suit: village chiefs are sent out from the School of Administration in Saigon and other places and they are required to carry out such laws as law 004/65 of May 17, 1965 which demands jailing, death sentences, etc. "to all moves which weaken the rational anti-communist effort.... All plots of actions under the name of peace and neutrality." These village chiefs therefore are bound to get into conflict with the local people, and the Viet Cong would come along and carry out the traditional role of the "dung si" or what many...