Word: counterattack
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...point obviously struck home in Moscow too, provoking the Kremlin into an all-out propaganda counterattack. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko called a televised press conference to reply to Reagan. That in itself underscored the urgency felt by the Soviets: in 26 years in his job, Gromyko had given only a handful of news conferences in Moscow, and this was the first broadcast outside the U.S.S.R. The two-hour session was beamed live to the U.S. starting at 2 a.m. Saturday, Eastern time (see box). Gromyko's aim was obviously to keep European nuclear fears high by quashing...
...early to gauge French compliance with the new measure, but the government's action has produced an indignant outcry on this side of the Atlantic. Columnists have ridiculed the new law and vowed linguistic retaliation Newsweek's David Gellman sounded the clario for a counterattack...
John Paul actually had launched his counterattack earlier in the day, while visiting Nicaragua's second largest city León (pop. 92,000). In a speech to an audience consisting mainly of campesinos, the Pope challenged a new law on education that favored secular schooling. Instead, John Paul championed the right of all to receive a Christian education. He also called on Christians to examine the teachings of the church in their search for social justice. Said the Pope, in a thinly veiled attack on Marxist-oriented "liberation theologians": "It is not necessary to hold alien ideologies in order...
...much of what the reformers propose, some of the military's doctrines have been evolving in a direction that emphasizes maneuver warfare. An example is the Army plan called AirLand Battle. The idea is for the first line of allied defenders to confront an invading army while reserves counterattack deep into the rear of enemy lines. In addition, long-range air and missile strikes would be used to attack enemy supply lines and reinforcements. The new weapons involved, called assault breakers, include sophisticated self-guided bombs which are designed to home in on tanks using radar or infrared sensors...
...counterattack, Danforth is outspending Woods by roughly 2 to 1, with half of his $1.6 million budget earmarked for television. Alluding to the many women's groups flocking to his opponent, the normally understated candidate declares, "Any minute I expect Jane Fonda to storm the battlements of Missouri." She may not be needed. Several weeks ago, Danforth led Woods by a full ten points among women in the Globe-Democrat poll; according to last week's poll, Woods' support among women now tops Danforth's by 13 points. In the "Show Me" state, neither candidate...