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...giving the Soviets a monopoly in a whole category of weapons--modern land-based, intermediate-range ballistic missiles--the SS-20 created the perceived gap at the level of theater nuclear forces, or INF, in the 'continuum,' or 'spectrum,' of deterrence. It thus undercut the credibility of American doctrine for the defense of Europe...
...Truman saw the Presidency as a human continuum from George Washington on into the future," he said, noting that the President made his decisions with long-term effects in mind...
...addressing the survey's policy implications, we must first clarify that just on the problem of sexual harassment includes a broad range of experience of varying severity, so must effective procedure include a continuum of options for revolution...
...follow-up question is, what is a respectable civilized people, anymore? For "civilized," Oz places Israel somewhere on the continuum between Hitler and the Messiah." Israel is a kind of "intermission" between the drama played out at Hitler's behest and the morality play with the Messiah at center stage. The omnipresence of these two figures allows Israel, in Oz's opinion, some leeway in its search to define what "civilized" means to Israelis. Oz hints at his own definition in an interview, coolly allowing that "wars are only just when fought for survival and freedom...
Democrat Washington, who narrowly defeated Republican Bernard Epton in April in a contest marred by violence and charges of racism called his victory part of a "continuum" of increasing Black control in America's cities...