Word: infliction
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...course, the turning of the tide is not the end of the war. This is the invasion of Normandy; we must still enter Berlin. The terrorists still have part of their infrastructure. They still have their sleeper cells. They can still, if they acquire weapons of mass destruction, inflict unimaginable damage and death. Which is why eradicating the other centers of terrorism is so urgent...
...someone who, when a child, was fed a steady diet of Mr. Ed and believed that Charleton Heston really was Moses, I may not be in a position to pass judgment on the damage Hollywood can inflict on a young mind. But as the mother of a typical adolescent, I have to say that movies can lead a child to books, though sometimes an adult needs to illuminate...
...enjoy that lump of sugar. What a blessing it was! Now we are confronted with a danger greater than polio, frightening because we don't even know what form it may come in. The government should launch an all-out campaign to develop vaccines for the diseases terrorists might inflict on us and give everyone a chance to receive the vaccine. The cost would be minuscule compared with the misery and money involved in treating and containing the diseases if they strike. So far, most of us have been lucky, but how long will our luck hold? BETTY E. WHITEHEAD...
...going to be a first for all these commanders," says a Western military specialist. "And it's not at all clear how they'll do." The Alliance forces stationed north of Kabul possess 100 tanks and other armored vehicles, but they may not be deployed in ways that inflict maximum damage. Afghans tend to split their armor into small portions to use as mobile artillery or infantry support. But, says a Western analyst, "that's not how you break lines and sow confusion in the enemy's rear...
...Taliban; and if, rather than initiate military action, the United States had done nothing in the face of Sept. 11, the terrorists who hate America would have continued plotting attacks against us. If anything, our complacency would have entrenched the perception of American vulnerability and emboldened terrorists to inflict even greater harms. When one is attacked, fighting back always involves a certain risk. But to shun the fight would be far more perilous...