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Word: deters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fact, we are enormously powerful, with strength sufficient to deter any nuclear attack, and with a lead in many important measures of capability--such as in strategic nuclear warheads, where the U.S. leads 9000 to 4500. However, regaining dominant superiority in the strategic relationship over a determined adversary is impossible for either side. Instead, we have to adjust to the ambiguities of mutual deterrence and military equivalence, and have to restrain each side's weapons competition through balanced agreements which preserve our essential national security. --Sen. John C. Culver '54 [D-Iowa...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: End the Arms Race | 5/31/1978 | See Source »

...defensive strategy. His proposal: "Instead of responding to a Soviet push into West Germany by trying to contain the invasion all along the line, NATO could countermaneuver and penetrate into East Germany. Because this would guarantee that the enemy would immediately be hit where he is vulnerable, it might deter the attack." Yet this also would probably mean risking some West German territory, at least temporarily. Admitted Goodpaster: "You're not going to sell that to the Germans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Can the U.S. Defend Itself? | 4/3/1978 | See Source »

Neither snow nor cold nor mid-semester hourlies could deter over 100 people from picketing the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ASCR) Thursday...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: The March Goes On | 3/18/1978 | See Source »

...hard play and harder fighting did not deter the Crimson from dominating the Polar Bears, because, as defenseman Carl Martignetti said, "Our best efforts seem to be the most physical...

Author: By Theodore S. Chandler, | Title: J.V. Hockey Ices Polar Bears; Rogers Stars, Stops 16 Shots | 2/24/1978 | See Source »

...Says Thompson: "It's time to put to rest the notion that prisons are for rehabilitation. When they can accomplish that end, it is good. But the primary purpose of prison is to separate criminals from the rest of us and to punish them so as to deter other people from similar behavior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Rookies with Big Dreams | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

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