Word: commandeering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Tibetan prayer wheel." Thatcher, who had proclaimed Gorbachev "a man with whom we can do business" after meeting him in Britain last December, said she was not changing her opinion after conversing with him for 55 minutes in Moscow. Said Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney: "He's clearly in command and I think it augurs well for the future. I was very impressed...
Officially, Roth's crime was "willful disregard and violation" of the church's constitution in disobeying a command from his superior, Kenneth May, bishop for the Western Pennsylvania-West Virginia Synod. More broadly, however, the Roth case is part of an ongoing conflict in the Pittsburgh area over social-action protests by some two dozen Protestant clergy. Unemployment in the region stands at 9%, and in some pockets is almost double that. Roth and his colleagues in the radical Denominational Ministry Strategy repeatedly blamed local businessmen for the economic suffering in the mill towns. D.M.S. and its allies adopted such...
Loosely modeled on British equivalents, 17 fledgling nanny training centers, from Haddonfield, N.J., to Sacramento, have opened their doors in the past 18 months to homegrown applicants. They offer eight- to 15-week courses of study, including such subjects as child development and coping with separation anxiety. Graduates command $175 to $300 a week for their services; live-ins receive room and board, and most get medical benefits as well...
...that question, a highly problematic one. The document envisions a "period of transition," starting around 1995, during which both sides would still have their offensive nuclear missiles. Those weapons would be protected by a latter-day version of ABMs called ballistic missile defense, or BMD. If American missiles and command centers were effectively guarded with radar-guided interceptors and death rays that could destroy incoming warheads, the Soviet Union would never be tempted to think that it could disarm and decapitate the U.S. with a pre-emptive strike. In principle, the Soviets could have a similar system...
...Reagan's part, he was eager to spread the word. What he enjoyed most, his intimates say, was describing "a vision of the future that offers hope." Reagan's enthusiasm eventually silenced doubts down the chain of command. He was now personally engaged in nuclear affairs as never before. In the six weeks between the J.C.S. meeting and his televised speech, he had drastically changed U.S. strategic policy...