Word: arsenale
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...imply that one or two A-bombs would be O.K.? The big danger is that having dodged one deadline after another for opening its nuclear facilities to inspection, Kim's regime will conclude that it can keep delaying until it is able to announce that it has a nuclear arsenal and to dare the world to do anything about...
...series of stunning discoveries, including several announced last week, is unlocking the genetic secrets of how a tumor becomes malignant and spreads through the body. This knowledge could lead to much better treatments than the current arsenal of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy...
...bureaucrats and politicians in Moscow expecting a piece of the profits. Still others are hatched locally and executed clandestinely by factory supervisors. In the scramble for hard currency, the line between government-approved transactions and private enterprise becomes difficult to discern, raising questions about the fate of Russia's arsenal of nuclear and conventional weaponry. The U.S. has found it hard enough to convert obsolete sectors of its own defense establishment to the production of consumer goods. In Russia, where military factories are rarely reliable sources of goods that can be sold for hard currency, the task is far more...
...Washington will stand up at a lectern and announce such a policy change. But its outlines have begun to emerge in recent weeks, at least regarding these two nations. Pakistan will be asked to prove that it no longer builds nukes -- and to limit its arsenal to the 10 or 15 weapons the U.S. believes it now has. In exchange, Washington will deliver the 38 American-made F-16 jets Islamabad has paid for but hasn't received because of its suspected A-bomb efforts. In North Korea's case, the Administration is willing to live with...
Some Alaskans are taking even more extreme measures to defend their homes. "My family has a large arsenal," says Michael C. Merriner '96, adding, "I'll use my semi-automatic.22 to injure more soldiers." Merriner's greatest fear is "they'll regulate the hunting and fishing. The U.S. regulates it enough. If Russia takes over we wouldn't be able to hunt or fish...