Word: disarms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...usually laugh. He's pretty humorous." Even Crystal confesses to being a touch "terrified" now that Warren has invested in a .44 Magnum. Recently, Zevon was so enjoying brandishing the weapon as he ran around his house wearing a duck mask that friends had to corner and disarm him. "In the '60s," Zevon explains, "I couldn't have conceived of owning a gun. Now in the '70s, I feel that nobody's going to mess with me. You go from mindlessly believing in peace to arming yourself to learn how to have...
...White House has lately become increasingly concerned about possible sluggishness in the economy next year, and about the stiffening resistance of businessmen and some Congressmen to the tax-reform plan, even before it has officially been announced. In order both to pep up the economy and, they hope, disarm critics, Administration planners are subtly shifting the emphasis of the tax package from a program of reform to one of stimulative tax cuts, especially for business...
...thinking the unthinkable, he argues that the well-known "counter-force" approach--a balancing act between "their" capability and "our" vulnerability--is the only sensible perspective. "If they can't disarm us, they aren't going to hit us," Ravenal concludes...
...final analysis, the U.S. must be willing to disarm both by itself, and in cooperation with the Soviet Union. It is to these twin tasks that Americans should now turn their full attention...
...disturbed by those who say we should disarm," Connally said. He added that if the U.S. lost its military primacy, the Soviet Union would have no incentive to enter the SALT talks...