Word: deadlocking
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...world is only a few steps (perhaps four or five years) away from absolute atomic deadlock, the point where the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. could destroy each other in all-out war, no matter which held a slight advantage and no matter which shot first...
...what was once a dim prospect takes the form of hard reality, strategic planners see that atomic deadlock does not offer a stark, final choice between absolute mutual destruction and perpetual peace based on absolute mutual fear...
...university treasurer, and last year Ike appointed Campbell to the AEC. Campbell's confirmation as comptroller is in doubt. For eight months House and Senate Republicans have stalemated each other on the issue of which should recommend a successor to retired Comptroller General Lindsay Warren. To break the deadlock, the President named his own man. This pleases neither House nor Senate. In addition, some congressional Democrats are angry at Campbell for his support of the Dixon-Yates power contract. Last week, after the new Comptroller General was sworn in, Ike shook Joe Campbell's hand and chuckled...
...their demand that the formation of the international agency remain contingent on the prohibition of atomic weapons. And they voted for the resolution despite the defeat of two significant amendments. One would have placed the proposed agency under the jurisdiction of the Security Council, thus raising the threat of deadlock by veto. A second amendment would have opened the international scientific conference to all nations, not just United Nations members, a proposal presumably designed to include East Germany and Communist China...
Because of Saturday's deadlock, the Crimson lost its slim chance for the Ivy league title. Princeton's win over Yale, however, left Harvard with a crack at its first undisputed Big Three championship since...