Word: barriere
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...government's plans to nationalize banking ran up against opposition from the Christian Democrats, whose 75 votes in the 200-seat Congress are necessary to assure passage of any legislation proposed by Allende's leftist coalition. The President, however, is getting around that barrier by purchasing private bank stock with government bonds; the regime has already bought 20% of all bank shares by this method, though it controls only three non-government banks outright...
...advent of the dry season, they have made fuller use of the trail than ever before (see box. page 28). American commanders have longed to cut the trail ever since the U.S. entered the war. Contingency plans providing for everything from hit-and-run attacks to a permanent troop barrier across the route were drawn up in 1965, but there were formidable arguments against such moves. Aside from the political consequences, there was the fact that at least two divisions might be needed to secure the trail for any length of time...
...almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong." Most erroneous predictions, Clarke believes, stem from one of two causes: a failure of imagination or a failure of nerve. His law holds up in science, at least, where knowledge seems almost a barrier to drawing an accurate picture of the future. Far better as prophets have been the science-fiction writers, who usually have limited scholarly credentials but who are abundantly endowed with both nerve and imagination. Almost everybody knows about Jules Verne, who foresaw both submarines and voyages to the moon. Just...
Inspirational Teachings. As Wilson used to relate. "Down went that strange barrier that had always stood between me and the people around me. Here was that missing link." After the 1929 crash, Wilson tried to forget his losses with numbing doses of bathtub gin and bootleg whisky. His wife went to work to support him. and, as Wilson recalled, his mental disintegration "proceeded rapidly and implacably." Injured after an Armistice Day bender in 1934, he tried to heed the inspirational teachings of the First Century Christian Fellowship (precursor of Moral Re-Armament), but soon went on a three-day drunk...
...third option, of course, remains open: this is the planting of tactical nuclear land mines to create a permanent barrier in the region. Some public discussion of these weapons has already been quietly encouraged from Washington, and the possibility that they will be used may provide some ofthe reason for the unusual secrecy surrounding the Allied operations in Laos...