Word: arced
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tentative deal that would have sacrificed the Pershing II but allowed the U.S. a stripped-down deployment of cruise missiles to counter a residual force of SS-20s. Cruise missiles fly subsonically at low altitudes and are vulnerable to enemy air defenses. The Pershing II ballistic missiles arc to the edge of space and can strike targets inside western Russia in a matter of minutes. The deal was repudiated by both men's home offices. It was shot down in Washington (particularly by Perle) because it meant giving up the Pershing II, and in Moscow because it meant allowing even...
...People in America were willing to work much harder than in Britain," Goldsmith says, rubbing a lemon-size piece of amber as he paces up and down in an almost bare penthouse office, which overlooks the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. "Most people forget that America's strength is not its culture but its ideology, and that ideology is freedom...
...calculated that on theaverage university campus with a population ofabout 30,000 students, 45 to 90 students willdevelop AIDS over the course of five years. Theyalso predicted that of the 2.7 million students atCalifornia institutions of higher learning,between 4658 and 22,770 can be expected to developAIDS or ARC (AIDS-related complex) at some pointduring their lives
With 4WS, all four wheels of the auto move with the turn of the steering wheel. The arc of the rear wheels, though, is never more than 5 degrees, vs. 30 degrees for the front wheels. That is enough to improve maneuverability at low speeds. At high speeds, 4WS markedly reduces the risk of skidding when a driver changes lanes, for example...
...When the Paris office of American Express volunteered to help restore the monument, however, a sensitive national nerve was pricked. "Americans threaten to land on Arc de Triomphe," howled the daily Liberation. Last week the National Federation for Public Works called for a massive fund drive. The Paris government says it will probably allow private companies like American Express to donate up to 40% of the restoration costs, which could come to $6 million...