Word: extent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...these criticisms missed the essential point that deterrent power will deter only to the extent that the enemy is convinced of the U.S.'s willingness to use it -and the willingness would be a lot plainer if the nation's citizens had the protection of fallout shelters. Said the task force: "The physical ability of families to survive even the most terrifying nuclear attack is, in the ultimate reckoning, a fact of crucial importance to our national security. The will to survive, coupled with the ability to do so, ranks next to military power in the nuclear...
...Scientists will join with leaders of industry, government, and education in an attempt to evaluate the influence of large organizations, such as universities and industrial and governmental laboratories, on the creativity of individuals and groups. The conferences, with a view toward increasing scientific creativity in America, will measure the extent of significant discoveries in their various fields and settings, and try to identify reasons for success and failure...
...much food this year, travelers reported that even in the best hotels meat and eggs were hard to come by, and that in other cities the ration of meat, sugar and fish had been cut. As for Red China's great "leap forward" in steel, to a large extent accomplished by backyard amateur furnaces for smelting pig iron, Peking's official People's Daily was now complaining that some provinces of the country were able to use only about half...
...decision: whether to replace the outmoded Sabre day fighters flown by eight of Canada's twelve NATO squadrons in Europe. Ottawa's long irresolution spurred a mild rash of public and private talk that Canada should spend the money on aid to underdeveloped nations instead-to the extent that a discomfited Diefenbaker, while collecting an honorary degree at Michigan State last month, felt compelled to reaffirm unwavering support for NATO...
...make promises to the extent that we hope, and keep them to the extent that we fear...