Word: globally
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...alignments for a coming global war are ominously being sketched on the horizon. The task of Marxists is not to hide this terrible reality but to tell the simple truth: only workers revolution can prevent nuclear annihilation...
...there were more important reasons for Carter's decision. Despite the risk that the mission's failure could further erode the President's image as an effective global leader, there was a pressing need to take some bold international action to reassure America's friends and allies of Washington's determination to protect its interests. An editorial in a Beirut paper speculated that the U.S. was fast becoming a "super nonpower" in the Middle East. Much more worrisome to the Administration was the degree to which Saudi Arabia seemed to be reassessing its close
...American challenge is a war. Says he: "We find ourselves on the eve of intense international competition with American automakers in the small-car market, which hitherto has been the Japanese makers' stronghold. From now on we will have to map out strategies on a global scale and deploy our forces dynamically...
...claims the United States' global military presence demands a larger military complex than is necessary, Cosmides said. "The real justification, for renewing the draft" is "the maintenance of a global empire," she added...
...explanation for this disastermania: it is merely a harmless byproduct of popular entertainment. Explains Science Writer Isaac Asimov: "Hollywood just happens to be very good at special effects, primarily destructive effects." Indeed, in a forthcoming book, A Choice of Catastrophes, the polymath popularizer seeks to soothe anxieties about global disaster. Says Asimov: "All the scenarios are either very low in probability, or very distant in the future...