Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ITSELF, THE COMMISSIONING OF THE TAREQ-901 seemed little cause for alarm. But Western defense analysts fear that Iran's first Russian-built Kilo-class submarine may be only the most recent sign of an arms buildup, the likes of which has not been seen since Saddam Hussein stocked his arsenal in the days before the Gulf War. In recent months Teheran has been negotiating contracts with Russia, Ukraine and China for everything from tanks to missiles and high- performance jet fighters. Iranian dissidents and Western analysts are also concerned about help the Iranians may be getting from Chinese technicians...
When the Berlin Wall came down on Bush's watch, he seemed the beneficiary of Reagan's massive defense buildup. Conservatives said that buildup had brought down the mighty U.S.S.R. -- though they had earlier claimed that totalitarian regimes never undergo internal change. The strain of a half-century of conflict could give way for Bush's new world order...
Strangely, after all the buildup, the moment didn't last. By September it began to look as though the Year of the Woman would be only eight months long. With national attention focused on the presidential candidates, politics resumed the ancient rhythms of the horse race and the cockfight. Women's issues, such as domestic violence, never came up in the presidential campaign, and when abortion did intrude into the vice-presidential debate, Admiral Stockdale undercut his own pro-choice statement with a grumpy plea to "get on past this and talk about something substantive...
Nevertheless, proceed cautiously on this one. Assad's Syria is still on the list of countries supporting terrorists, and supporting him outright would make your promise to not "coddle" dictators a dubious one. Furthermore, both Syria's and Iran's continued arms buildup require skillful diplomacy to balance each other...
What puts women at risk after menopause? The leading theory holds that they lose their protection against heart attacks because of a drastic reduction in the female hormone estrogen. That might result in the rapid buildup of plaque on artery walls where, until menopause, very little existed. "When estrogen levels drop, you've just lost your best friend," says Dr. William Castelli, director of the long-running Framingham Heart Study...