Word: arsenal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...what he calls the "obsolete dogmas" of U.S. nuclear strategy, specifically the idea that the U.S. missile forces must stand ready to be launched at a moment's notice from land or sea, and be capable of destroying much of the Soviet population. Instead of maintaining a vulnerable arsenal of nuclear weapons that can be instantly triggered, he says, the U.S. should develop weapons that would be totally invulnerable. Even if they were buried so deep in the ground that they could not be quickly launched, their invulnerability would serve as the ultimate deterrent to surprise attack...
Dioxin forms during the manufacture of 2, 4, 5-T, a chemical in the military herbicide arsenal known as "agent orange." "Dioxin is 100 times more poisonous than the most powerful nerve gas," Meselson said...
Mills would also like to empower the President to use a whole arsenal of devices to "safeguard" American industries threatened by rising imports and retaliate against countries that discriminate against U.S. goods or run a "chronic" surplus in trade with the U.S. An obvious target would be Japan, which accounted for $4.1 billion of the $6.8 billion deficit that the U.S. suffered last year in world trade. If Mills has his way, Nixon could raise tariffs against the goods of specific countries, establish quotas or negotiate agreements under which those nations would "voluntarily" restrain exports to the U.S. He also...
...roadblocks around Wounded Knee in the early hours of the takeover before a contingent of U.S. marshals in turquoise jumpsuits formed a cordon about the area. Some of the people curious and foolhardy enough to wander near the stronghold were met by spurts of gunfire from the hefty Sioux arsenal. AIM Leader Russell Means, an Oglala Sioux who comes from Cleveland, announced to newsmen: "We've got the whole Wounded Knee valley, and we definitely are going to hold it until death do us part...
...land of apartheid, where the will of the minority is reinforced by the rule of law and the mightiest military arsenal south of the Sahara, an ever-present nightmare for the country's 4,000,000 whites is the possibility, however remote, of a revolt by South Africa's 16 million repressed blacks. Even an illegal strike by black workers for higher wages can send tremors through the country. Last week South Africa was quaking slightly, after a series of strikes that crippled the port city of Durban...