Word: arsenal
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...italics were his. Like his 19th century compatriots, James perceived Nature as a capital villain equipped with an arsenal of droughts and floods, hurricanes and plagues. What better use of the national zeal than to tame these forces for the commonweal...
There are several other weapons Emmerich has in his arsenal. He cites Dawkins' use of an analogy he borrows from a science fiction story, without explaining why and how Dawkins used it in the slightest. After doing so he uses this analogy to poke fun at Dawkins. This is a nifty technique for making someone look bad but it isn't very helpful to those who want to know what the book is about...
...called -sharply limited the deployment of defensive anti-ballistic missiles. The purpose: to prevent ABMs, which can destroy offensive missiles, from disrupting-or, as the experts put it, "destabilizing" -the mutual-assured-destruction balance. A second part of SALT I, dealing with offensive weapons, froze the U.S. strategic arsenal at 1,710 land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and submarine-launched missiles (SLBMS); the Soviet arsenal was set at 2,358 ICBMS and SLBMS. The Russians were allowed a quantitative superiority, as well as the right to keep 308 mammoth launchers (unmatched by anything in the U.S. arsenal...
...crediting its long-range cruise missile with being a cure for everything but the common cold. It may not be the ultimate doomsday weapon, but this armed drone, which looks a bit like a stunted jet plane, promises to become one of the most versatile weapons in the U.S. arsenal-and the Russians have good reason to be impressed...
...apparent that too many of the nation's leaders have failed to recognize that the risks of nuclear war will not be abated by a continuing and sometimes witless expansion of the nuclear arsenal, or an attempt to torpedo arms control negotiations before they start. The risks of war can only be diminished by a mutual willingness on the part of the Soviet Union and the United States to make together concessions that will increase the security of each. The Soviets claim that they are willing and eager to conclude new SALT negotiations. The time has come for the United...