Word: arsenal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...control agreements today may well be beyond the ken of any administration, let alone one ill-disposed to the things. The arms race, having spiralled nonstop since World War II, is now prepped to launch into an entirely new level of technology, which is destined to leave the current arsenals--and hence arsenal-limiting ideas--obsolete. Right now, nobody's even sure of a framework to discuss the plethora of land, sea, and air nukes. The likelihood that even dedicated arms controllers could limit this plethora in the next four years is small indeed...
...Cuba nearly 25 years ago. The U.S. increased surveillance of the Soviet freighter Bakuriani, docked at the Nicaraguan port of Corinto, and of four other Warsaw Pact ships believed headed for Nicaraguan waters. The Administration repeated warnings that any attempt to introduce advanced fighter aircraft into the Nicaraguan arsenal would be "unacceptable" (see WORLD...
...nerves. In the wake of President Reagan's election victory, Washington seemed intent on setting what one official called "the limits of U.S. tolerance" toward Marxist-led Nicaragua. After their somewhat less than democratic election triumph on Nov. 4, the Sandinistas seemed determined to keep building up their arsenal as rapidly as possible. Neither stance boded particularly well for the process of negotiated peace in the region, which both sides claim to support...
...intentional brutality in calling in the Indian army. Sikhs and Sikh supporters loudly condemned the army move, outraged by the government's desecration of their holiest shrine. But does this not skirt the sacriligious behavior of the Sikhs in using a place of worship revered by millions as an arsenal and sanctuary for murderers. Furthermore, the charge made by some of Western observers, the New Yorker for example, that Gandhi was guilty of choosing a military solution to a political problem underestimates the very threat Bhindranwale's forces posed to national security. If a band of armed fanatics engaged...
Liberal democrats offer only an empty basket of ideas to a frugal, hesitant populace. Barring a severe crisis, the liberal Democratic party has got no arsenal with which to fight the Republicans. The party must choose between a losing idealism at the national level and realism with increased political power...