Word: abortment
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...performance of U.S. equipment was flawed. In an effort to prevent any bombing that might be deemed indiscriminate, U.S. airmen were under orders to abort their missions if on-board equipment showed the slightest glitch. Five of the 18 F-111 craft developed such malfunctions, probably in their radar targeting equipment, as did two of the carrier-based A-6 craft. Pentagon officials rightly maintain that the rules of engagement in wartime would not be as stringent as those for the Libyan mission, but the high rate of even minor malfunctions is hardly encouraging...
Even then the onboard computer, sensing the slightest glitch, could still abort a launch. As it happened, Resnik had been aboard the shuttle Discovery in June 1984 when, four seconds before the spacecraft's three main engines were to ignite for lift-off, the computer noted that the thrust from one of them was not at the proper level. The fuse was immediately pinched...
Montana acted ostensibly to keep livestock free of brucellosis, or Bang's disease, which has been detected in some Yellowstone buffalo. The disorder can cause cows to abort, and spreads undulant fever in humans. Critics say Montana has not suffered an outbreak of brucellosis for 25 years, and that the kill is being held to please the hunting fraternity and cover up herd mismanagement by the Park Service. While the Fund for Animals, headed by Author Cleveland Amory, is suing to prevent the hunt, the state has more than 3,000 applications from hunters eager to shoot the once endangered...
...countries to cooperate. We have now in operation, and working, a worldwide counterterrorist network. A number of countries provided help and information in capturing the ship's hijackers, though I am not at liberty to tell you which ones. This year alone, we managed to force the terrorists to abort 80 other terror operations that were planned or under way; this we were able to achieve through the cooperation of hundreds of intelligence, security and police organizations. We have a lot to do in establishing the legal framework for automatic extradition, or in moving against nations that provide terrorists with...
...should be noted how pernicious is Spitzer's view that only if women can abort their children can they "overcome restrictive gender roles and gain the ability to face life with the same options men take for granted." This view assumes that women are biologically inferior because they bear children, that pregnancy and childbearing are a liability, that women can become equal to men only if they nullify their womanhood and become like...