Word: extended
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seriously complicated efforts for the limitation of the strategic arms race." Although the U.S. has proposed to the Soviets that air-launched cruise missiles be limited to a range of 1,500 miles, Carter may now come under pressure from the Air Force and hawks in Congress to extend that range...
...Soviets' line-of-sight radar to deliver 200-kiloton nuclear warheads with astounding accuracy-within 100 ft. of their targets. One version, the ALCM-A (for air-launched cruise missile), has a range of 750 miles. A second version, the ALCM-B, has extra fuel tanks that extend its range to about 1,700 miles...
...combat rising crime the Communists agreed to extend the powers of the police to interrogate suspects and detain them without charges for 48 hours...
...harmful emissions considerably: this year's General Motors cars, for example, produce 90% less HC and 83% less CO than those of the early 1960s. But faced with the difficulty of reducing emissions while also cutting gasoline consumption, the automakers persuaded the Environmental Protection Agency to extend the deadline to 1978. Now they want still more time and less stringent standards. The Senate is willing to give them until 1979, the House until 1980. Detroit could be caught in a squeeze. Unless standards are soon set that it can meet, the upcoming 1978 models cannot be certified for sale...
...constitutional right of privacy in many circumstances. The court has used the new right, nowhere specifically mentioned in the Constitution, to void laws restricting the sale of contraceptives, prohibiting possession of obscene material in the home and outlawing abortions. Even so, the court is obviously in no mood to extend privacy rights to sexual deviants, particularly homosexuals. Fourteen months ago, without even bothering to hear formal arguments, the court voted 6 to 3 to affirm a decision upholding Virginia's antisodomy statute...