Word: 21st
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Soviet leaders, by citing the Bible and Leonid Brezhnev in almost the same breath. After all, Carter noted, the Soviet President had remarked three weeks ago that "realism in politics and the will for detente and progress will ultimately triumph, and mankind will be able to step into the 21st century in conditions of peace, stable as never before." To make this big step, added Carter, echoing St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, "our planet must finally obey the biblical injunction to 'follow after the things which make for peace...
...canceled so large a weapon system so close to production. But the crash of the B-1 has far wider ramifications than just the fate of 244 planes. For one thing, the Air Force had looked on the B-1 as a way to stave off until almost the 21st century the day when the manned bomber will be obsolete. For another. Carter's decision may make it harder to negotiate with the Soviets for a new treaty to limit strategic nuclear weapons. The reason: by dropping the B1, he is dramatically increasing U.S. reliance on the cruise missile...
...feel your article "Arming for the 21st Century" [May 23] came at an appropriate time. With the Russians arming to the teeth, it would be foolish of us not to take countermeasures. I hope we will continue to develop our conventional arms and also the more sophisticated ones, like the Bl. It will be an expensive burden, but worth...
...tragic that your cover story on defense, titled "Arming for the 21st Century," could not be titled, "Disarming for the 21st Century...
...ranked juggernaut clinched its 21st straight win with a flurry late in the first half and another outburst just after the intermission...