Word: deck
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mind game of deterrence, MIRVed submarine missiles are the trump card in the American deck: even if American ICBMs were destroyed in their silos and American bombers vaporized on their runways or shot down trying to penetrate Soviet airspace, U.S. submarines would still be at the bottom of the ocean, running silent and running deep, invulnerable to pre-emption and bristling with missiles, each capable of exacting terrible revenge on the U.S.S.R. Older U.S. boats are equipped with missiles that carry as many as 14 warheads each, while the newer ones have missiles with eight to 12 warheads. The notion...
More likely, the Vegas gurus are looking at the cards stacked against the Crimson. In fact, it resembles a full deck...
...know the rooms. The Currier Ten-Man. That one in Quincy with the deck on the library roof. You've admired them. You've partied in them. Here's what it's like to live in them...
...doctors, lawyers and bureaucrats pull on the skintight colors (now available in extra-large sizes) and don crash helmets, they also deck out their cycles with an ever growing array of mileage computers, ergonomically correct seats, gel-filled grips, rearview mirrors and other color-coordinated gadgetry. One hot new gizmo is a cyclist's heart monitor that transmits a continuous pulse readout to a special wristwatch...
...played by Nathan Lane, Anthony Heald, Swoosie Kurtz and Christine Baranski. Alas, both actresses depart this week for other commitments. The replacements are estimable -- Roxanne Hart for Kurtz, Deborah Rush for Baranski -- but it is hard to imagine that the emotional journey, all around the world on one sun deck, can be the same. -- W.A.H...