Word: conceptive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...military has not been satisfied with such a policy. Instead it has argued for the development of first strike capabilities, personified in such weapon systems as the B-1 bomber, the cruise missile, and the M-X missile. It has also argued for the acceptance of the concept of "counterforce" which legitimates "limited nuclear wars" and "surgical strikes" against "enemy" positions. The fruits of this doctrine have been the neutron bomb, the first nuclear anti-personnel weapon: it kills only people. Within hours, an invading army can move in and take over the dead "enemy's" economic political facilities which...
...case, which challenges the constitutionality of racial quotas, and perhaps even the concept of affirmative action, has generated widespread concern and interest from such disparate groups as the Congressional Black Caucus and the Anti-Defamation League of the B'nai B'rith...
...idea," Dershowitz said, "is to expand the concept of disadvantage. I'm critical of Davis for excluding disadvantaged whites, and I'm critical of Harvard for preferring advantaged blacks over disadvantaged blacks, and also over disadvantaged whites. There aren't many Portuguese students at Harvard for example I don't think one fewer black and one more Portuguese student would be such a bad idea," he added...
...some fine guitar leads with the album's usual set of jazz instruments to weave a fluent, atriking cut. "Peg" is that cute tune to which all the top-fortyettes will bump. Peg," despite its true quality, approaches the barrier between easy-listening-jazz and disco. The "Disco Dan" concept puts a damper on the album, raising doubts as to whether or not this band will in fact "die behind the wheel...
Edward W. Powers, associate general counsel for employee relations, said last summer Harvard is firmly committed to the concept of the crime-specific task force. "Needs have changed," he said; "They're being totally unrealistic if they think we're going to go back on that." Powers also believes the union should adhere to what he says is one of its own proposals, made last spring, to exclude the task force from the union...