Word: cannoneering
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...applied scientific advances to increase the destructive powers of their forces. With improved organization and weaponry, 20th century wars killed tens of millions of combatants and civilians. And the march of science and technology continues. World War II forces look pale in comparison to the tanks, armed helicopters, automatic cannon, aircraft and precision-strike capabilities available today, to say nothing of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons...
Osborn speaks of the "loose-cannon and irresponsible rhetoric" of those opposed to abortions, but rehashes the popular myth that partial-birth abortions are "rarely performed and then often to save a woman's life." 1997 figures from the National Coalition of Abortion Providers show 3,000 to 5,000 partial-birth abortions annually. Moreover, the American Medical Association has stated that the procedure is never necessary to save the mother's life...
...threatened" Second Amendment--as well as raise cash. Winners get a gun-safety course from the National Rifle Association. But if the dark horse Curtiss wins the March 21 primary, he'll up the ante. An aide told TIME that the small-town doctor may offer up a cannon for the general election: "It will be a Revolutionary War replica. But it will actually work." Now there's something to make your...
...recent debates about so-called "partial-birth" abortions symbolize the loose-cannon and irresponsible rhetoric which have been used by anti-abortionists. These late-term abortions, rarely performed and then often only to save a woman's life or prevent severe health risks, have become the picture of an abortion procedure in many American's minds thanks to vivid, if not technically accurate, descriptions of the procedure. Such gross-out tactics do not help to inform a debate upon which women's lives, livelihoods and freedoms depend. The avoidance-shuffle that candidates have been performing around the issue has allowed...
...threatened" Second Amendment - as well as raise cash. Winners get a gun-safety course from the National Rifle Association. But if the dark horse Curtiss wins the March 21 primary, he'll up the ante. An aide told TIME that the small-town doctor may offer up a cannon for the general election: "It will be a Revolutionary War replica. But it will actually work." Now there?s something to make your...