Word: swiftness
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...will clearly take stronger presidential leadership to curb a growing feeling in the U.S. that Europe is fat and prosperous enough to protect itself. In the view of all Western European leaders, a swift, major, unilateral U.S. troop cutback?anything under the present 185,000 G.I.s in West Germany is often cited as the peril point?would be immensely damaging. Several Eastern European statesmen privately agree; they point out that the Russians would be far harder to cope with in the absence of U.S. forces on the Continent. "On the road toward a more stable system of security," Brandt told...
...approval -even to the extent of sponsoring an all-night club for young drug victims and dropouts. What apparently irked his commanders was the fact that he had put his ideas into writing-and, contrary to Army regulations, had not submitted the manuscript for approval. Headquarters' reaction was swift: a request for his resignation. When Brown refused, he was summarily dismissed...
Warsaw's reaction to the Gdansk rioting was swift and ferocious. The government literally sealed off the city. Western ships were ordered to leave the harbor. Trains were halted and flights into the Gdansk airport suspended because of "bad weather." Telephone operators refused to put through calls, explaining that there was "switchboard trouble." Roadblocks turned back inquisitive motorists...
TIGHT END. Jan White, Ohio State, 6 ft. 2 in., 216 lbs. Rated by football men as "one of the best all-round athletes in sight," White is a triple threat-a remarkably versatile player whom the pros could easily turn into a wide receiver or a running back. Swift, shifty and sticky-fingered, he is a crunching blocker whom the experts admire for his amazingly consistent performances and his all-devouring desire. He has played in only one losing game in his high school and college career...
...Americans were maltreated as the last savages. The Battle of Little Bighorn, which should be the film's climax, is its weakest point. General Custer is pure Pig on the Prairie, babbling insanely as the consummate racist militant. As overplayed by Richard Mulligan, he could be sectioned, labeled Swift's Premium and sold in butcher shops...