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...strategic and conventional forces." Both to maintain the strength necessary to make detente work and to protect itself, the U.S. cannot wait for that to happen before acting. New weapons take five to ten years to reach production. General George S. Brown, head of the Air Force Systems Command, points out that in research, "momentum...
...accurate missiles and perhaps even bigger ones. Declares Columbia Professor Emile Benoit, an expert on the economics of defense: "We don't know how much we will spend, and we may be even less secure in the end." Indeed, the 1975 budget request includes about $10 million for a Command Data Buffer System that would allow the U.S. to switch a missile to a new target in 20 minutes. The process, which requires programming each missile's computers, now takes up to 36 hours...
...have not lost command of yourself, and realize clearly what this could lead to, then, Mr. President, you and I should not now pull on the ends of the rope in which you have tied the knot of war, because the harder you and I pull, the tighter this knot will become...
...needs a fallow period. But after a suitable period of lying fallow, the Chairman of the Board woke up one morning and found that he had "been replaced as the nation's singing idol." It was time to begin his comeback career. Following a 1973 White House command performance and a TV special, Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back, Sinatra made his first nightclub appearance in three years at Las Vegas' Caesars Palace. Last week, after a standing ovation from an invited audience of 1,300, including James Stewart, Helen Reddy, Rosalind Russell, Daughters Tina and Nancy...
Trailing 52-48 at the half, the Bullets outscored the Celtics 36-20 in the third quarter and were in command the rest of the way. At one stage, Capital scored 13 straight points and outscored Boston 21-4 in just over five minutes of action...