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Word: willes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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The campaign left her exhausted. At a victory party, she clutched a ginger ale and complained: "I've got a stomach- ache." She faces some daunting problems: the need for cuts to make up a projected deficit of $117 million and balance the budget, as required by law. But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: All Hers at Last | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

John Connally may not be able to lift his standings in the polls, but there is one thing he can raise: money. He has already gleaned approximately $8 million, far more than any G.O.P. rival and about $2.2 million more than Ronald Reagan, the Republican front runner. Last week Connally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Going It Alone | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

The basic decision was to develop and deploy 572 U.S.-made Pershing II and cruise missiles in at least three and possibly five countries of Western Europe. The scheme is designed as a counterforce to the Soviet Union's 50 Back-fire bombers and as many as 150 medium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: A Damned Near-Run Thing | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

The Soviet Union was swift to react angrily against NATO's missile decision. Calling it the product of "crude pressure" by the U.S. against its allies, TASS declared that the plan was "dangerous to the cause of peace and to international detente." NATO planners paid little attention, convinced as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: A Damned Near-Run Thing | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Specifically, the plan reinforces NATO's defenses with 108 new Pershing II missiles and 464 ground-launched cruise missiles (GLCMs) starting in 1983. Both are extremely accurate. The Pershing II, to be placed in West Germany alone, is a mobile missile with a range of about 1,000 miles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: A Damned Near-Run Thing | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

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