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Israel Invades Gaza. That is in response to an attack??from Gaza that killed two Israelis and wounded another, who was kidnapped and brought back to Gaza ...which, in turn, was in response to Israel's targeted killing of terrorist leaders in Gaza...which, in turn, was in response to the indiscriminate shelling of Israeli towns by rockets launched from Gaza...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remember What Happened Here | 7/5/2006 | See Source »

...most blistering attack???and the best received by the delegates on opening night?came from Gerald Ford, who accused Carter of having "sold America short" and of having "given up on the presidency." Ford clearly relished getting even with Carter for having attacked Ford in 1976 because of what Carter dubbed the "misery index"?the sum of the inflation and unemployment rates. It was then 12%. Said Ford: "Just two months ago, it was 24%?twice as high. That's twice as many reasons that Jimmy Carter has got to go." Continued Ford: "You've all heard Carter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The G.O.P. Gets Its Act Together | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...launch a limited nuclear strike against the U.S. Under MAD, the only possible U.S. nuclear response would be an all-out attack on Soviet cities. That would not only be inhumane but suicidal, because Russia would retain enough missiles?particularly those aboard submarines, which are virtually invulnerable to attack???to obliterate U.S. population centers. Consequently, the President might decide to save American lives by not retaliating, in effect acquiescing to the aggression...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE: Arming to Disarm in the Age of Detente | 2/11/1974 | See Source »

...hills with his mortars and artillery and try to bleed Khe Sanh to death in daily barrages. At week's end Khe Sanh took minor shelling while the two sides waited and carefully watched each other. The U.S., slightly apprehensive, was ready for an attack???and even hopeful that Giap would strike. As for Giap, he no doubt was calculating the gains and losses of his big week in South Viet Nam, deciding whether he could afford another bold venture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: The General's Gamble | 2/9/1968 | See Source »

...attack???a page advertisement signed by National Food Products Protective Committee, consisted of an "open letter" headed: "Shall the air be given over to destructive propaganda?"? This letter was addressed to the Advisory Council of National Broadcasting Co. Since the Advisory Council numbers among its members a long list of men and women whose U. S. citizenship is a source of U. S. pride, and since the Lucky Strike campaign has been widely, conspicuously flayed, the Open Letter was essentially a sharp contrast between the admittedly high character of the Council and the allegedly low character of the campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Babies' Blood | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

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