Word: counters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lichtman's second objection to the fast is that it is a conscience soother for pampered students who can go out for a meal and rejoice in their generosity. One counter to this point is that some of us actually do fast or even attend hunger banquets; the other being the pragmatic view that the approximately $4000 raised for Oxfam is $4000 more that is going to aid deprived people that would not be sent if Harvard did not hold the fast...
...there the expectation that any American attack would depend on whether Libya fired first. Libya had already fired--choosing once again the weapon of a terrorist bomb. After countless unheeded warnings and after futile attempts to counter terrorism with economic and political sanctions, the U.S. Sixth Fleet was poised to strike the type of blow the Reagan Administration had threatened--and anguished about--for so long...
...about half a pound each, the buns suggest great spiraled coliseums of honeyed cardboard. Given the size and messiness of these concoctions, it is hard to imagine that an individual could consume a whole one at a sitting. Nonetheless, people do just that, either at the tiny counter of the shop in the mall or back at home after reviving the stiffening rolls in the microwave. Says Deborah Taussig, a retailer from Boulder: "I always hope that I am with a friend, because if I'm not able to split one, I'll never be able to resist eating...
...officials in their war against terrorists. Already, new guns made entirely of plastic are being developed. Easily concealable handguns like the Glock, along with hard-to-detect components for putty-like explosives that are also readily available, give air pirates an edge that officials are finding increasingly difficult to counter. The Federal Aviation Administration, which oversees domestic airport security, insists that the Glock 17, which is legally sold in the U.S., can be detected on existing airport X-ray machines. The gun's manufacturer attributes Koch's success in "smuggling" it to human error, not a system deficiency. Firearms...
...Star Wars. In addition, Weinberger's deputy Richard Perle points out that testing more precise warheads has allowed the U.S. to reduce its overall megatonnage by 75% in the past two decades. "That," says Perle, "makes for a far safer and more stable world." Supporters of a ban counter that it would decrease the chances of a pre- emptive nuclear attack by making both arsenals less dependable. "If there are doubts about reliability," explains former Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Director Paul Warnke, "then any tendency toward first strike on either side is diminished." In a Council on Foreign Relations...