Word: foe
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...tipped with ten warheads each. That is the $56 billion scheme for safeguarding the proposed MX system, a brobdingnagian shell game meant to foil a Soviet attack on the missiles. The plan has been derided as an ineffective, ecology-destroying boondoggle, and the MX now has a powerful new foe: leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who, Mormons believe, are divinely inspired when they issue a "revelation," and whose personal statements therefore also carry great weight...
...Kimball and his two counselors last week. "It is ironic, and a denial of the very essence of that gospel, that in this same general area there should be constructed a mammoth weapons system potentially capable of destroying much of civilization." Utah's Governor Scott Matheson, also a foe of the MX roadway plan, the Air Force's favorite among 35 safeguarding options, called the Mormons' opposition to the deployment of the missile "an exceptional step for the church to take." He added, "I think it will sway public opinion. It's going to be pretty...
...peace treaty with Egypt and thus permit Israel to hold on to the northern and eastern third of the Sinai rather than restore the territory to the Egyptians in 1982; and 2) enable the Israelis to ravage the fast-growing Syrian army before it became a more formidable foe. A third, frequently stated argument for Israeli intervention in Lebanon: it would enable the Israelis, in effect, to partition the country and thus neutralize the Palestinian presence along their northern border. Even the respected independent Tel Aviv daily Ha'aretz gave prominent play to an article by an ultranationalist...
...reclusively. He and his wife Dot rarely entertain or go out. Helms instead pours his energy into his work. He wakes up around 6 a.m. and spends several hours reading reports and answering mail, sending off about 75 letters a day. He is attentive to friend as well as foe and is known for helping North Carolina constituents who have opposed him bitterly...
...original estimate. It is military oriented. Above all, it drains money away from such scientifically important unmanned space projects as the joint European-American mission over the poles of the sun and the once-in-a-lifetime probe of Halley's comet. Democratic Senator William Proxmire, long a foe, noted, "I've never seen so much hype in my life. We're launching a truck into space, and everybody keeps saying it's the Second Coming...