Word: deterence
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...upgrade the training and equipment of its forces. "The main message I'll take to that meeting," the Secretary remarked, "will be that with the advent of rough parity in strategic forces between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, we can't rely solely on nuclear weapons" to deter a conventional attack against Western Europe. Brown has already begun bolstering U.S. conventional forces by adding some $600 million?to improve, among other things, maintenance facilities and shelters for U.S. aircraft in Europe?to a budget that he had slashed by an overall total of $2.7 billion...
...summit's hosts, the British demonstrated that they remain the grand masters of pomp. Jimmy Carter may be a no-frills President, but that did not deter the British from launching one extravagant scene after another. At the Buckingham Palace dinner given by Queen Elizabeth II, gold-tunicked trumpeters of the Household Cavalry heralded the approaching guests. In the sumptuous state dining room, all rich red damask, velvet, marble, mahogany and gold, an eight-course feast (including salmon, chicken, carrots and string beans) was served on gold plates by footmen in scarlet tails and white waistcoats, assisted by pages...
...courtroom, robed and garlanded Defendant Murphy exulted, "Where there is Krishna there is victory." The victory was not total, however. Legal expenses have crippled Hare Krishna activities in New York, the abductors of Merylee Kreshower have escaped prosecution, and Justice Leahy's words are unlikely to deter deprogrammers elsewhere...
...Carter to denounce human rights violations in the Soviet Union and the Communist bloc. However, the time will come when the President will have to focus his wrath on violations by U.S. allies, specifically the Philippines and South Korea. Will the threat of losing U.S. bases in these countries deter President Carter's crusade? I hope...
...particularly miffed at the President's proposals for stimulating the economy, notably his emphasis on a $50 income tax rebate for millions of Americans. Instead of tax cuts, labor wants more Government spending to create jobs. Said Meany, who never lets his own $90,000 salary deter him from hurling a good, populist line: "I don't see why people in the upper brackets should get $50 that they can flip at the first headwaiter they...