Word: deterred
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that the nation's defense would rest mainly on one weapons system and that if it were destroyed, the country would be virtually helpless. Yet 30 Poseidon subs equipped with MIRVed missiles, as proposed by York, could carry almost 6,000 warheads, which would be sufficient to deter a Soviet attack. Moreover, the number of subs could be increased. The Navy is, in fact, already working on a new weapon called ULMS (undersea long-range missile system) that would fit York's specifications. ULMS subs would carry many more bigger, longer-range missiles. Since the subs could...
...fact that Shaw placed it in 1777, during the American Revolution, in a New Hampshire town, and proceeded to aim a lot of barbs at the bumbling British. King George's soldiers are moving from town to town, hanging well-known citizens as examples they hoped would deter Americans from further rebellion. When Dick Dudgeon, a reckless reprobate, is mistaken for a Presbyterian minister, he prevents the minister's wife from disabusing the arresting soldiers and marches off to his supposed death...
...affairs are generally bland and ecumenical, presided over by a visiting dominie who seeks only the lowest common denomination. By the best White House count, the President himself has actually been to church outside the White House only four times since he took office, but that did not deter the 1970 conference of the Religious Heritage of America from naming him Churchman of the Year. Quaker Nixon got the award in spite of some discreet grumbling inside the nonsectarian organization. Some thought that the East Room services raise uncomfortable questions about the separation of church and state. Others felt that...
Some Harvard players think that fighter officiating would help. They point out that when referees are willing to call a lot of penalties, players are more careful. And though it seems somewhat law and orderish, maybe two-game suspensions would deter violence. Landolt says such a ruling would not effect him, but he might feel otherwise if such a ruling were enacted...
...Hoffman is doling out contempt charges and saying that lawyers "who are waiting in the wings" are responsible for the rise in crime. Kunstler finishes with a plea that his fate "not deter other lawyers throughout the country who, in the difficult days that lie ahead, will be asked to defend clients against a steadily increasing governmental encroachment upon their most fundamental liberties...