Word: hastens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...opponents of capital punishment were patient enough, they could just sit back and wait for it to fade away-in practice, if not on the statute books. But abolitionists try to hasten that fadeaway by argument...
...narrow the missile gap by speeding up development of Minuteman. If defense funds were unlimited, it would doubtless be well to push ahead with both the B70 and Minuteman-and build more B-58s, more Polaris submarines and more Atlases, make SAC more secure by dispersing its bases, and hasten modernization of Army equipment too. But every defense budget, whether it totals $41 billion or $51 billion, must have a limit, must make choices between alternative courses and overlapping programs. Having made their choices, however, defense planners must follow through on the logical implications of those choices-and President Eisenhower...