Word: counter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...very least, the U.S. would have to cease in its insistence that De Gaulle give up his "crude" little independent nuclear force. One top French official accuses the U.S. of trying to "divide the world between nuclear barons and infantry serfs." The counter idea of a multi-nation NATO nuclear force with at least three powers holding keys-U.S., Britain and France-seemed not to interest France much. De Gaulle knows full well that in the end the U.S. has no choice but to defend France against Soviet attack. That axiomatic umbrella of protection gives De Gaulle vast flexibility...
Facing Facts. McNamara's strategy reflects his willingness to face fearful facts and counter them with his own cold logic. The U.S., contends McNamara, has a definite nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union (soon after taking office he impolitically dismissed the "missile gap" that Kennedy campaigned on in 1960). McNamara intends to maintain the advantage. Even if the Russians were to launch a surprise nuclear attack, the U.S., with its hardened missiles and its Strategic Air Command bombers-half of them now on 15-minute alert - could strike back and destroy the Soviet Union. But, reasons McNamara, as Russia...
...entry application, he admits that "it was impossible not to begin to root for the British." After he left Brussels last week, during the wake for Britain's hopes, he admitted to a slight feeling of apology at telling a watchful clerk at the British European Airways counter in London that because of more convenient flight times he would have to fly Air France. But then, after thinking through the whole story of De Gaulle's act and its consequences as he wrote his report, he cama to a second-wave conclusion shared by other TIME correspondents working...
...loyalty." Carlson, 48, who built Gold Bond into one of the nation's leading trading stamps, had just the solution: let the manufacturers give away stamps too, so that the housewife can collect two sets of stamps-one at the grocery shelf and one at the check-out counter...
...sneer and a leer; system players, they say, are always ultimate losers because they play on and on, giving the house odds a chance to operate. The only successful system, known as the Small Martingale, is to double the bet after each losing play, a maneuver the casinos effectively counter by establishing a bet limit. With a limit of $500, a doubler starting at $1 would have to bet an illegal $512 after only nine consecutive losses...