Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...telling the Soviets for months that their intervention in Afghanistan is contrary to the spirit of detente and could jeopardize the passage of SALT II. Why are the Soviets ignoring these warnings? To some extent, they are trying to reinforce a faltering regime. But Western experts believe that the buildup may also be Moscow's deliberate reaction to the increase of American naval and air power in the region around Iran: an oblique Soviet warning of the dangers of superpower confrontation...
...Spasm may be the underlying cause of angina, coronary attacks, and sudden unexplained death in cases where the heart arteries are partly clogged by fatty plaque buildup. Dr. Attilio Maseri reported that, while at the University of Pisa, he examined some 200 patients who suffered chest pains during periods of inactivity and who had varying degrees of atherosclerosis. He found that their chest pains were due to spasm. Said he: "Atherosclerotic narrowing of the vessels is the bystander rather than the culprit of angina in such patients." But, experts agree, a spasm that might merely hinder the flow of blood...
...mind boggling to think that an arms limitation treaty is only acceptable with an arms buildup...
...most politically appealing- is Connally's hand-on-the-holster posture. Talking to the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, Connally elaborated his call for in creased U.S. military presence around the world. ''The growth in the size and capability of Soviet strategic forces exceeds the Nazi buildup of the '30s,'' Connally warned. In the Middle East, particularly, he demanded that the U.S. ''move quickly to establish a rough balance of military power.'' By that he meant that the U.S. should have ''major Air Force components operating from...
...SALT is not approved, that strategy will be jeopardized. All of the European NATO nations have large left-leaning political parties that are concerned about the effect an arms buildup might have on detente. They will accept the new missiles only if they are accompanied by SALT II, which in turn will lead to SALT III negotiations and possibly a genuine reduction of nuclear armaments...