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...more than anything else, argues University of Denver psychologist Paul Block, "is some proof of our control of the international situation, to make things go the way we want them to, to prevent people from doing what we consider to be wrong." The swiftness of the allied victory would deter future invaders; America's leverage in war would be the best guarantor of peace...
What does St. George do if the dragon runs away? Something like that question confronts the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Since its founding 42 years ago, NATO has built a mighty military machine to deter a massive Soviet-led invasion of Western Europe. But the dragon that breathed genuine fire for so many years is slinking back into its cave. As many as a million troops that were once available -- at least on paper -- to mount a communist blitzkrieg are melting away. The dissolution of the Warsaw Pact two months ago removed some 500,000 soldiers of Moscow's former...
...said all polls he's seen in the past week indicate high majorities against identifying rape victims. Rape is a crime on the increase, Bludworth said, and he believes identifying victims would deter them from reporting the assault against them...
...five Harvard boats emerged victorious, with the first boat beating Navy's top entry by twelve seconds. Wind conditions forced the crews to adopt a floating start, but the altered course didn't deter the Crimson. Harvard led the race wire-to-wire as the Midshipmen were lost in the water...
...authorities deny the right of national self-determination and thus provoke secessionist explosions across the country. Or Russian nationalists could deliberately stimulate secessionism. But history could help us avert such a disaster. We experienced civil war at the beginning of this century. Perhaps the vividness of that memory will deter us from repeating the same mistake at the end of this century...