Word: deterring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...aircraft, but it is plagued by problems. Moreover, the Air Force now expects the fledgling system to cost $5.3 billion -- more than an aircraft carrier. Nonetheless, argues U.S. Vice Chief of Staff General John Piotrowski, "there's no question in my mind that we have a compelling need to deter the Soviets from attacking our satellites...
CAMBRIDGE, THEN, is only the latest victim. Officials plan to put forth a massive showing of police force to deter excessive exuberance. If the intimidation fails, the Head of the Charles will become a memory...
...their absence did not deter more than 700Quadlings from declaring 1987-'88 "The Year of theQuad" and enjoying a barbecue and an outdoorconcert by the Harvard Band and an undergraduategroup called "The Banned...
Even though pollsters claim that three-fourths of the nation's blacks want Jackson to run again, most black political leaders remain opposed. With Ronald Reagan out of the way, black politicians visualize a Democrat in the White House. They insist that Jackson's candidacy will deter other candidates from pursuing the black vote. Jackson counters that blacks will have more clout with the eventual winner if they unite behind one man. But black leaders dislike the idea of a single broker, especially the unaccountable Jackson. His dominating presence over the years and his presidential bids have helped squelch...
Many foreign policy analysts feel that if Washington wants to defuse Iranian radicalism, it needs to rethink its military options entirely. "If the American aim was to put a military presence in the gulf in order to deter Iranian action, it was an entirely misplaced decision," says Group Captain David Bolton, director of the British government-funded Royal United Services Institute for Defense Studies in London. Rather than shows of force, Bolton counsels a gradual withdrawal of U.S. warships from the area, "while quiet diplomacy U.S. allies seeks an international...