Word: flooded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That may be, but it is also true that in all three nations totalitarianism left such a scar that postwar laws were purposely soft. Only recently, to meet a full-flood epidemic of terrorism, has any of the three enacted tougher legislation. West Germany tightened its criminal laws to give police broader search and seizure powers. In Italy, under an emergency decree, terrorist prisoners can be held for up to 24 hours without access to legal...
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...1950s, as a Rand Corp. consultant to the Air Force, he was the first to draw the military's attention to the possibility of making a new type of nuclear weapon. It would do the bulk of its damage not by heat or concussive force, but by a flood of high-energy subatomic particles called neutrons. Cohen, who has no academic credentials beyond a bachelor's degree from U.C.L.A., wanted to create a relatively "clean weapon" that produced a minimum of radioactive fallout, blast and heat...
...contract fattened with losing changes (It doesn't matter the oldest say 'You still go down in the mines') The slam of the tipple jarring his brain thinking bland-faced of the spring flood from the strip mine The mud water in his sink and cellar...
...energies. In addition, tennis offers a rare chance to manipulate our lens-like perspectives. It allows us to narrowly focus our perspectives to the level of the game and enjoy its intensity. However, at the same time, by opening the lens further, we can allow the larger context to flood...