Word: containable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Aside from tapping into the results of theThesaurus project Harvard will do some condensingof its own. Crane is in now in the process ofnegotiating for a $500,000 contract to beginproducing compact discs which would contain afifth of all the pre 600 A.D. Greek material...
...Tower commission report states the history well. What began as a reasonable exercise to wield influence in a dangerous world failed, not an unusual occurrence in that high-risk game. But then Reagan failed time after time after time to contain the damage...
...from countries I had never heard of. It was addressed to Wilhelm Orkley, but I assumed it was for me. The return address said it was from some place called Stanford. Having never heard of Stanford, I took the letter to the Lampoon's special Opening Letters That May Contain Bombs Room and soaked it in lamb's vomit before opening it. (For those of you not familiar with the Lampoon, I should explain that we are so rich, we have rooms for everything, and we have such wild parties, that we almost always collect lamb's vomit at them...
...brochures that picture mighty Proton rockets blasting off, the Soviets are heavily promoting their new commercial space service. Despite its vast experience in space, however, the Soviet Union stands little chance of capturing much of the satellite market in the near future. U.S. Government rules bar any satellites that contain U.S. technology from being shipped to the Soviets. Since most satellites made in the non-Communist world contain American parts, Moscow may have to persuade Washington to ease its restrictions if the Soviets are to be leading satellite launchers...
...Wicker, an articulate spokesman for the anti-contra view, put the case for containment: "Washington could state plainly that it will not tolerate any Soviet military base in Nicaragua, or any overt or covert attempt by Nicaragua to attack its neighbors." Now, what exactly does "will not tolerate" mean? One cannot just say it. Carter declared the Soviet brigade in Cuba intolerable. Reagan declared the crackdown on Polish Solidarity intolerable. And the intolerable endured, despite the brave words. To be serious about containing Sandinista subversion -- overt and covert -- will mean vigilance, resources and risk. It will mean everything from pouring...