Word: disarms
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...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...
When the somber young prince with the wistful eyes behind thick spectacles ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne, Japan was a rising Pacific power that worshiped both the Emperor's divinity and the potentials of military strength in a world sick of war and attempting unsuccessfully to disarm. That was on Christmas Day, 1926. Last week, with three rousing shouts of "Banzai!" followed by a loud brass fanfare, government and diplomatic notables marked the 50th anniversary of Emperor Hirohito's accession...