Word: launching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...political prisoners of conscience who need support," says Natalya. To help draw attention to his plight, the Solzhenitsyns set up a Ginzburg Defense Committee in the U.S., composed of artists, journalists and politicians. Last week Natalya left the secluded Solzhenitsyn estate near Cavendish, Vt., and flew to London to launch the committee abroad. Said she: "The case of Alexander Ginzburg should draw the attention of all people, irrespective of their political views...
...recent abhorrent Palestinian raid in Israel [March 20] along with all the others makes it terrifyingly clear that if a Palestinian state is established in Israel it will be only a beachhead from which to launch attacks on Israel. War and more bloody terrorism will be the result, not peace...
Jimmy Carter's memos sometimes have the margins crowded with his slide-rule jottings and formulas of physical phenomena. He has pondered what his responsibilities might be in case communication with beings beyond our galaxy can be established. He will soon launch a deep study of American innovation. Question: Can this nation continue to think and invent its way to preeminence? We have slipped in the past few years, but not yet fatally...
...basic missile is still known by its initials, ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile), but its systems for multiple warheads sound more like a team of comedians-MIRV and MARV (for multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle and the more advanced maneuverable reentry vehicle whose course can be adjusted after launch...
...greeted with enthusiasm in towns populated by Christian Lebanese, who hate the Palestinians and view them as occupying forces. At the same time, Israeli intelligence made contact with Christian Lebanese leaders in the north and asked them not to seize the occasion of the fighting in the south to launch new attacks against the Syrian army and Palestinian fighters in Beirut and the north; if they did, it might force Syria to respond to the Israeli invasion. The Syrians were disinclined to do so, since their forces are no match for the Israelis', but at week's end Syria sternly...