Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What we've got to do is re-establish the linkage between our concern with the Soviet superiority in land-based nuclear weapons and the Soviets' concern with SDI. SDI is very useful for developing offense-defense linkage. One way for us to counter their offensive buildup is to defend our missile sites. We should make clear to the Soviets that we'll do this only to the extent necessary, given the threat that their missiles pose to our deterrent. We tell / them that we're going to protect not our population but our deterrent, and that we're willing...
Although Rosenberg says he never used the word, he was criticized for prematurely implying it. Dr. Charles Moertel of the Mayo Clinic argued that the technique was prohibitively expensive and that the side effects (including fever, fluid buildup and irregularities in kidney and cardiovascular function) were "unacceptably severe," and suggested that the press had overplayed the potential benefits...
While the Prime Minister told Gorbachev of her public support for the "zero option" proposal for complete withdrawal of INF weapons, she insisted that any agreement would have to be accompanied by a buildup of U.S. short-range nuclear missiles, a category in which the Soviets currently hold a 9-to-1 advantage. Thatcher pulled no punches. "A world without nuclear weapons may be a dream," she declared at a state dinner in the Kremlin's richly paneled Hall of Facets. "But you cannot base a sure defense on a dream. A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable...
WASHINGTON--The House of Representatives yesterday approved a $1 trillion Democratic budget that would raise $18 billion in new taxes, slash President Reagan's military buildup and block White House plans for sharp decreases in domestic programs...
...buildup was intense, the suspense high. After four months of hiding in the White House from the storm of questions raised by Iranscam, Ronald Reagan was at last ready to brave the inquisitorial rigor of a full-scale news conference. As the hour drew close, one TV commentator likened the atmosphere to the tension before a Super Bowl kickoff. Then the President strode into the East Room of the White House and put on the kind of performance that is common enough in a real Super Bowl but quite rare for Reagan. He triumphed, as Republican Senator Alan Simpson...