Word: deterence
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President may well be underestimating the public. When all 1,253 pages of the original White House transcripts were released in April, many Administration supporters hoped that the formidable mass of evidence would deter many people from inspecting it closely. But it turned out differently, and it probably will again...
...several dangerous encounters, including a puffadder handling exhibition. So far he has demonstrated his cool by dangling at the end of a rope over the face of a sheer, 250-ft. cliff to inspect a vulture's nest. Then, wearing a bracelet of elephant's hair to deter a tusker's charge, he stepped out to meet the warriors in a Masai village. Recognizing Bobby right away as a brother, the ocher-smeared men shared a gourd of ox blood and milk with him. But he may have to do something about his hair. "The Masai...
...expansion spared both superpowers the cost of installing many units of the defensive systems. It also would help to deter nuclear war, according to the Strangelove theory of strategic analysts, by exposing the civilian populations in both countries to attack. This policy of "mutually assured destruction," strategists believe, has been largely responsible over the years for preventing nuclear...
...Deter. On Oct. 24 at 9:25 p.m., while still trying to keep the Israelis in line, Kissinger received a phone call from Dobrynin, relaying the now-famous Brezhnev message. It warned that if the big powers could not act jointly, "we should be faced with the necessity urgently to consider the question of taking appropriate steps unilaterally." The Kalbs relate that Kissinger called the President and told him that the "U.S. might have to alert its military forces as one way to deter any unilateral Soviet move. The President concurred...
...sufficient response to the police failure to tell him he could have a free lawyer. The testimony of Tucker's friend, Rehnquist concluded, could properly be used because it served the trial purpose of discovering the pertinent facts. Moreover, banning the testimony was not likely to deter similar police misconduct in the future, since the police misconduct in this case preceded Miranda...