Word: establish
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...liabilities. Most obvious was Article 9 of the Occupation-imposed Japanese Constitution, which reads flatly: "Land, sea and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained." With the out break of the Korean war, the U.S. did an about-face, began to pressure Japan to establish "self-defense forces." But the awkwardness of building a military machine in visible violation of the constitution has haunted every Japanese government since, has given the Socialists a powerful weapon in their unending campaign against rearmament...
Detroit, which had been taught a costly lesson by the demand of the consumer for the economical compact car. was hustling to put out all kinds of new models, including king-sized compacts for next year. The sweeping changes promised to establish a new trend for all cars (see below), bring the timely death of what American Motors' George Romney calls the "gas-guzzling dinosaurs...
Witch doctors and nationalist prophets have confused and corroded the congregation. Recently, one of the local splinter-sect "messiahs" announced that he meant to establish headquarters on the island, and the missionary priests resorted to a theatrical gesture. They divided the nave down the center with a row of benches, then called on all who dared deny the church to remain on the far side of the barrier. For seconds no one stirred. At last some of the oldest members of the congregation moved to the other side, and slowly, most of the rest followed...
...week South Korea's Acting President Huh Chung turned up at the U.S. embassy in Seoul for an hour's secret talk with Ambassador Walter P. McConaughy. Nervous!)', Huh insisted that Rhee's presence in Seoul was defeating the government's efforts to re-establish stability. With mounting support, militant students and left-wing politicians were demanding that Rhee be put on trial on charges ranging from the "murder" of political opponents to the alleged misappropriation of $20 million in foreign exchange during his twelve years in office...
...None of them seems really alarmed about the state of steel, and Jones & Laughlin Chairman Avery C. Adams is convinced that 1960 will still be a record year. Says he: "I'm going to stick with my prediction that we'll produce at 80% of capacity and establish a new record of 120 million tons in 1960." Adams believes that the talk about percentage of capacity can be misleading, since the normal rate is 75% of capacity, and anything above that is "abnormally good," anything below it, "not good...