Word: mutually
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More important, though, the Russians are not likely to blackmail Europe with natural gas. The Soviet Union simply stands to gain as much-from the deal as Europe does. The Russian need of hard currency for grain and technology purchases is well known; if anything, mutual dependence is our best bet to avoid a nuclear disaster. The trans-European pipeline serves that...
...them. The Franco-Soviet gas deal is a case in point. Though wanting in tact. France's initiative has enhanced the chances for co-existence with the Russians. By emulating the French in creating new ties with the Soviets, the rest of the West can further the cause of mutual dependence ad hence move further away from the prospect of mutual annihilation...
...separation. Like his previous work, a study of suicide, The Savage God, he treats a difficult and distressing subject in the symmetrical style of belles-lettres. Divorce, he remarks dryly, "transforms habit into drama," turning miseries into melodramatic history. Roman marriage, he observes, was a civil contract based on mutual affection. When that affection perished, the marriage, like any civil contract, could be dissolved by mutual consent. This sensible arrangement, according to Alvarez, was compromised by Christianity. The early church fathers elevated a simple civil contract to an immutable spiritual sacrament: "What therefore God hath joined together...
...feeling has to be mutual, Loughran and his teammates bring a 7-0 record into the bowels of Hemenway against the 3-0 Crimson at 2:00 this afternoon. On the line is a national championship. No other squash team in the country has emerged as a serious challenger to the two titans, and chances are that the winner of this one will look back on the match at the end of the season as the one that sealed a titular season...
...that the oblique wing should do the things he claimed it could. As Jones explains, at supersonic speeds conventional swept-back wings create noticeable pressure on each other, like two motorboats speeding side by side through the water and slamming waves into each other's hulls. But this mutual interference is reduced when one boat pulls ahead of the other. Despite raised eyebrows at the plane's odd appearance and fears that the forward wing might break off at high speed, NASA finally built a test version (at a bargain basement tab of $218,000), and has found...