Word: bomb
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like Reagan, Crane favors the Kemp-Roth tax bill, development of the MX missile, the B-1 bomber, the neutron bomb, nuclear energy, the decontrol of oil, the prohibition of abortion and the easing of environmental regulations to allow the burning of coal...
...year of Republican hawks, Connally hasn't missed a beat. He stresses the need for an extensive build-up of United States armed forces. His stance on the military is clear: he is in favor of the MX missile, the B-1 bomber, the neutron bomb and a permanent U.S. presence in the Persian Gulf. Marching alongside his competitors for the nomination, Connally is the answer to Pentagon dreams. To counter the Soviet Union's aggressive moves in Afghanistan, Connally told New Hampshire voters at the Republican debate, "I think we should use whatever influence we have to turn...
...last Red scare gave us such wonders as the hydrogen bomb and McCarthyism. What will we be blessed with this time around...
Similarly, in World War II, our leaders wastefully committed massive ground forces in Europe and planned an invasion of southern Japan with a contemplated death toll of over a million American lives after Japan had already been reduced to such military impotence that even without the atom bomb, air attack, naval bombardment and blockade during the fall and winter of 1945-6 would inevitably have brought about her surrender at minimal cost in American blood...
From then on it was all Harvard. A 22-ft. Mannix bomb put Harvard ahead to stay with 2:44 left, and Fleming pretty well put the seal on it when his drive put the hoopsters up, 72-67, with just 1:28 remaining, and the IAB crowd going wild...