Word: depths
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sharon shrilled for contributions, "strategic depth" was his most prominent rallying cry. A Jewish-settled, Israeli-controlled West Bank would provide the necessary physical cushion to absorb the blow of any military thrust against Israel. He saw no irony in reassuring his audience that the West Bank settlements are valuable and truly livable, while simultaneously designating their inhabitants as mere cannon fodder. To use citizens in such a way is evidence of a very odd logic--an ad hoc obstructionism which offers no prospect of a decisive issue...
...high-technology weapons proliferation, the cry of strategic depth has become a swan song. Sharon cited the recent wave of Katyusha rocket attacks on northern Israel as a preview of the type of activity (this time in range of major cities) that Palestinians would undertake given any autonomy on the West Bank and Gaza. But the short-range Katyushas of today will very soon be medium range SCUDS from North Korea. In the face of advancing technology, a country whose survival depends on "strategic depth" will find itself in an awful bind, needing more and more depth to offer...
...BOTTOM LINE: Little depth is revealed in dated comedies by the author of Equus...
Even if women's basketball won the Ivy championship, the Crimson would not automatically make the tourney, so you can forget a national title there, and men's and women's swimming have individual standouts, but both squads don't have the depth to challenge the Stanfords and Texases of the country...
...lost player to injuries and didn't have enough depth to recover," Locker said...