Word: blow
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...that asserts the need for an offensive system so powerful that it deters a first-strike attack. But the clear difference is that Bundy does not propose a widespread build-up, but rather "enough" on both sides so that neither nation can knock the other out in a single blow...
...first glance, the study would appear to be a serious blow to the greenhouse theory. Not so. The U.S. makes up only 1.5% of the earth's surface, and the country's temperature trends are not necessarily indicative of what is taking place on the planet as a whole. James Hansen, head of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies and one of the most prominent proponents of the greenhouse theory, was not at all swayed by the new study. "Even in a warming world," he says, "you'd still expect on a statistical basis to see local variation...
...academy has winning academic ways too. About 40 girls are involved in CASE studies, 15 in the G.S.A. program. Classes are held Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings, with Doss, Aline, assistant coach Thounsa Kearse and several volunteers from Fairfield University serving as tutors. Star outside shooter Patrina Blow, 17, a poor reader, benefited from a special remedial program. She now reads fluently and is pursued by schools like Rutgers, UConn and Georgetown. Christy and Blow are far from unique. One hundred fifty universities have made serious inquiries about other Upward Bound players...
Testa's loss of the commission for the apse of San Martin ai Monti because of his slow progress, was perhaps the final blow to the artist's emotions. And though one of his most important and demonstrative works, The Suicide of Cato, followed the withdrawal of this commission, some critics have interpreted this ingenious etching as a dramatic portrayal of anticipated reactions to his subsequent suicide. Perhaps this work was a kind of catharsis for the primarily unhappy and unfulfilled life of this tragic genius...
...participate in a dialogue with the government last August, Walesa refused on the grounds that Warsaw must first legalize Solidarity. Though Jaruzelski's proposal last week did not entirely satisfy Walesa's demand, opposition leaders predicted that the Solidarity leader will agree to join the talks. "If we blow it here, other people will have to deal with the same problem again," said Walesa, who promised a decision soon. "I don't want my son or his generation to live through such things again, where it all accumulates, rots and then explodes...