Word: breakdowns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...causes? "Virtually all commanders place strong emphasis on permissiveness within American society as being a primary cause of disciplinary breakdown. The point is made that the draftee, the draft-induced enlistee and many of our junior officers have been influenced by permissive homes, permissive schools and permissive courts...
...most serious factor in the disciplinary breakdown, the report concludes, "is weakness in the chain of command, particularly at lower unit levels" where experienced officers and NCOs are not available and where those who are "may be dominated by the view that a mistake on their part spells career ruin. Within the chain of command, it is well known that communication has broken down." Attempts to bridge the gap through mixed councils of officers and enlisted men have "served to dilute or bypass" the chain of command...
...press conference in Khartoum and described the treatment he had received when he was held by the rebels during the coup. "It was reprehensible," he said. "I went to the toilet only once in four days when I absolutely insisted on it." Then Numeiry put the onus for any breakdown in relations on the Russians. "If they want to choose that path, we will have no alternative," Numeiry said-which could mean he may beat the Russians to the punch by expelling the advisers before the Kremlin could order them to return home...
What caused the breakdown in Con Ed's most sophisticated piece of generating equipment? Engineers say Big Allis shut down because she was vibrating due to a faulty bearing connected to her high-pressure turbine. Though they have discovered the problem, they do not know why the bearing failed...
...results, abstracted from data collected by Gallup pollsters, indicate that Americans in large numbers feel that their country has slid backward during the past five years. Moreover, nearly one in every two Americans regards national tensions as grave enough to "lead to a real breakdown in this country." There is a spreading lack of faith in both the nation's leadership and its institutions; only a small minority dismiss the national unrest as "the work of radicals and troublemakers." A clear majority agrees that the U.S. must end the war in Viet Nam, even at the risk...