Word: madding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...child of terror, and survival the twin brother of annihilation." Each side had to have confidence that it could survive an enemy first strike and retaliate with a vengeance. That way, neither side would have the incentive to strike first. This principle, described sardonically as Mutual Assured Destruction, or MAD, was the basis of the 1972 SALT I treaty severely limiting antiballistic missile (ABM) defenses...
...that the promiscuous Soviet buildup of offensive weapons has created a "strategic environment" in which the U.S., out of simple prudence, must consider an offsetting buildup in defenses. By the Administration's reckoning, it is the U.S.S.R., not the U.S., that has sinned against the once sacred principle of MAD...
...come true in a way that will increase the safety of both sides and diminish, if not eliminate, the threat of nuclear war altogether. The Administration hopes to convince the Soviets not only to blunt their offensive threat but to join the U.S. in the repudiation of MAD and in the embrace of strategic defenses. The superpowers, Kampelman will tell Karpov, have a mutual interest in gradually moving away from their current reliance on offensive nuclear weapons and letting their arsenals shrink under the benevolent influence of omnipotent antiweapons. That evolution, the U.S. negotiator will say, can be regulated...
...Ronald Reagan, the final two sentences are crucial. His passionate commitment to Star Wars is rooted in his belief that MAD is a) immoral and b) perhaps unnecessary. During his first term he became fascinated by the idea of pure protection, a defense that defends so completely that offensive nuclear forces lose their reason for being...
Some students, however, were not as pleased with the sale. Deborah I Copaken '88, who bought a Macintosh before the price cut, said. "I'm mad. I'm very made. I guess that's great for the people buying Macintoshes now, but I definitely needed mine for Expos this fall...