Word: bombs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Watch," he said boldly, "five base hits." And every muscle in his 38-year-old body responded perfectly, cracking every pitch like a cherry bomb with blind precision. "Knock yaw glove off," he cracked drily...
Carter's stand remains a temporary one, leaving open future development of the neutron bomb at a more convenient time. He said last week that his final decision would depend on the Soviet Union's degree of restraint in the arms race over an unspecified period of time. Thus any new Soviet escalation in nuclear armament could provide a back-handed justification for the resumed production of the neutron bomb. And here lies the real issue: the ultimate decision should not depend on outside influences, but should stem rather from Carter's professed concerns about nuclear proliferation...
WHEN THE PLANS for the neutron bomb were uncovered as a tiny item in the 1978 budget for the Energy Research and Development Administration last summer, many Americans were outraged by the possibilities inherent in a tactical nuclear weapon. Although this outcry seems to have dissipated over the winter, anesthetized by the swirl of military and diplomatic gibberish surrounding the arms race, the neutron bomb nonetheless demands sober consideration. The weapon would be used to stop Soviet tank attacks in Central Europe, but the likelihood of such an attack appears increasingly dubious...
More ominously, the production of the neutron bomb furnishes the Pentagon with the option of a tactical skirmish that could easily escalate into a full-scale strategic war. Besides increasing the nuclear threat confronting our society, deployment of the weapon will only worsen relations with the Soviet Union and make a farce of all disarmament talks. With all these adverse effects to consider, it is imperative that Carter maintain his heretofore tentative stand against U.S. production of the neutron bomb...
Teamed with a Berkeley debater, King argued that the U.S. should develop the neutron bomb as a deterrent to Soviet aggression in Western Europe...