Word: cedes
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...terror of nuclear war forever, by making the U.S. invulnerable to assault, then Star Wars almost certainly cannot work. Former Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger characterizes the headier versions of a Star Wars plan as "half Buck Rogers, half P.T. Barnum," and even the most ardent proponents generally con- cede that no technology now known or foreseeable could be guaranteed to destroy every warhead the Soviets could launch. Some percentage would always get through, causing death and devastation beyond the mind...
...position that Reagan and Secretary Shultz share. In essence, the eleven-year-old act limits the President's freedom to wage undeclared wars. For Congress that constraint is one of the lessons of Viet Nam. But critics point out that the time limit of the act might also cede an important advantage to military enemies: if it seems possible that Congress will not authorize combat past the first 60 days, the enemy has a built-in incentive to sit tight and wait for time...
...president, treasurer, and five Fellows, won primary control over the institution. The Board of Overseers became a supervisory group composed of clergy and local magistrates to represent the community. The Overseers were designed as the higher board, but then as today: they metress frequently and were supposed to cede day-to-day power to the Corporation. Until the boards escaped from the control of the state legislature in 1865, the two continually locked horns over who would actually run the fledgling Harvard...
...president, treasurer, and five Fellows, won primary control over the institution. The Board of Overseers became a supervisory group composed of clergy and local magistrates to represent the community. The Overseers were designed as the higher board, but then as today, they met less frequently and were supposed to cede day-to-day power to the Corporation. Until the boards escaped from control of the state legislature in 1865, the two continually locked horns over who would actually run the fledgling Harvard...
Duarte explained his plan to have a "national dialogue" with all Salvadoran factions, including the leftist insurgents. But such talks, he vowed, would never cede a share of governing power ("the piece of cake") to the revolutionaries. He said he would continue El Salvador's ambitious but teetering land-reform program (see WORLD). Perhaps most significant in terms of U.S. support, Duarte said he would establish commissions to investigate the thousands of political murders committed by the extreme right. "I have the will," he said. "I have the guts to do it, to stop the death squads...