Word: counter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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NATO's planners have had three months to devise a counter for future Soviet moves, but not all of the thinking was productive. U.S. planners even dusted off an old scheme to fire a controlled nuclear explosion as a warning. Where? Why inside allied territory, of course. Presumably the seismic quaver on Russian monitoring instruments would bring Soviet tanks to a shuddering halt. There were, however, no volunteers for the territory to be used for this backyard bomb. Equally unimpressive was the suggestion to fire a nuclear warning shot at sea, a latter-day version of the old shot...
...Christendom, the Popes lost much of their secular power. The watershed was the Reformation, which cost the papacy nearly half of its faithful subjects. Increasingly, bishops of Rome concentrated on purely spiritual matters, as a way of reasserting their authority. The Counter Reformation Council of Trent, which was closely directed by three strong-minded Popes, marked the beginning of the modern era of "papal maximalism." Theoretically at least, the question of papal prerogative seemed to have been settled by the First Vatican Council of 1870, which declared that the Pope, when he speaks ex cathedra for the church on matters...
...querulous tone of his public statements tends to obscure the rare personal qualities of Pope Paul, which have been amply visible on his pilgrim voyages. Even his critics concede that Paul displayed considerable courage in issuing a birth-control decision that ran counter to the wishes of most of the faithful. Although he lacks the obvious warmth of John XXIII, Paul is an impressive and sympathetic figure before small audiences. "He is a man of anguish who communicates his anguish to others," says one Chicago priest. Unlike the aloof Pius XII, Paul almost never dines alone; unlike even John...
...probably lost 10,000 sales, but it didn't put me out of business. I was doing about 60,000 at the time. It dropped to about 50,000. I had about 200 stores in South Boton and they started putting the papers under the counter. Especially stores on the block of a church...
Muhler's new decay preventive will not be sold over the counter. Since indiscriminate use of his potent fluoride formula could be damaging, it must be applied under the direction of a dentist or a dental hygienist. More than 1.5 million persons have tested the paste thus far. The results: a 40%-95% reduction in tooth decay over a three-year period, depending on whether or not a treated person also drinks fluoridated water regularly. In Viet Nam, 400,000 combat troops, who average only one brushing every 21 days, have taken the treatment. Two hundred thousand additional soldiers...