Word: battlefield
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan for a guarantee to the U.S.S.R. of Afghan neutrality; 2) an agreement on Poland offering Western economic assistance in exchange for internal liberalization; 3) a sharp reduction in the number of Soviet tanks stationed in East Germany in return for "a significant cut in U.S. battlefield nuclear weapons in Central Europe...
...letter applies its moral guidelines to very specific elements of U.S. policy. Tactical nuclear weapons based in Western Europe to repel a Soviet conventional attack present "an unacceptable moral risk" because it is unlikely that any battlefield nuclear exchange could be limited. (NATO's tactical nuclear weapons are supposed to offset the Soviets' 2.6-to-l advantage in tanks and other conventional weapons.) The MX missile, the bishops say, might be destabilizing; since it threatens the Soviets' missiles, it could prompt Moscow to launch a pre-emptive strike...
...more screams (and mercilessly to drag the production out to full feature length) the story then goes on to an exorcism, when the mostly irrelevant Father Tom (Andrew Prine) risks his career, and his life, to wage war with the devil. Sonny's body serving as the battlefield...
Over the centuries, the rolling slopes and valleys that lie to the west of the Jordan River have become a Holy Land to Jews, Muslims and Christians alike, containing shrines hallowed by all three faiths. The area, which is about half the size of Connecticut, has also been a battlefield since ancient times for warring tribes and nations. At Jehovah's behest, Abraham led his Jewish tribe from the deserts of what is now Iraq to these fertile valleys beside the Jordan, then known as Palestine, the land of the Philistines...
France, which is home for 300,000 Armenians, has been the major battlefield for the extremists' war against the Turks. Terrorists have launched over 40 attacks on Turks or Turkish facilities and killed four diplomats. Last September, Armenian terrorists killed a security guard, wounded the vice consul and held 51 people hostage while they occupied the Turkish consulate for 15 hours...