Word: swiftness
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Actually, what was imperiled by America's performance in South Viet Nam was not so much the nation's credibility as its aura of competence. The U.S. looked especially ineffectual in not anticipating just how weak its ally was. The swift collapse surprised U.S. intelligence officials. One of them admitted that in evaluating South Vietnamese military capability, "we obviously deluded ourselves." Added another intelligence officer: "When we looked below the surface, we did not like what we saw, so we turned away...
...NATO. Like Communist Secretary-General Alvaro Cunhal, Scares will remain as a minister without portfolio. That is a considerable comedown for the Socialist leader, who has frequently been mentioned as a possible Premier in a future civilian government. Scares and other moderates seemed weary and depressed by the swift turn of events that in only three weeks has seen...
...swift crushing of a right-wing coup and the flight of the revolution's first hero and president. General Spinola, to Brazil...
...size of the deficit may well determine whether the budget fails or succeeds in its mission. A deficit no larger than the $47 billion now expected for fiscal 1975 would show that the Government was not pumping sufficient funds into the economy quickly enough to stimulate a swift and thorough recovery. By contrast, a deficit that really did swell to $100 billion or more in fiscal 1976 could ignite a new outbreak of inflation that could end any recovery...
...Julius Caesar. Subsequent years brought triumphs in Massenet's Manon; Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and trilogy of queens, Roberto Devereux, Maria Stuarda, Anna Bolena; and more recently, Bellini's / Puritani. Vocal fireworks are Sills' glory. She has a light, lyric coloratura so clear and swift that it seems phosphorescent. Though she is the best Manon around, her trademark has become the revival of obscure operas of the 19th century bel canto...