Word: nastier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rebels. But even if the superpowers bow out entirely, both sides in the Afghan conflict have enough stockpiled arms to keep the conflagration raging for months. "No one is operating under any illusions," warns a U.S. specialist on Afghanistan. "The situation is going to get a lot nastier...
...leads in the miniaturized guidance and propulsion systems for cruise missiles. Partly for that reason, the Soviets first wanted to ban SLCMs in START and later subject them to stringent limits. Some American military experts have argued that SLCMs are among the nastier creatures to emerge from the Pandora's box of nuclear weaponry, and that the U.S. should agree to ban them. They predict that the U.S.'s technological edge will prove temporary, while the geographical "asymmetries" between the superpowers are permanent -- and favor the Soviet Union. Key American cities and military installations are near the coasts, therefore easy...
They yelled louder than they ever have. They were wittier, nastier than they ever have been. Joke after joke fell upon the green and white sea above the Michigan State bench...
...problem with appointments is who gets to do it. If it's the Governor, you've just shifted where the politics are." In some states merit selection has scarcely contained the efforts spent to put judges on the bench and keep them there. "Judicial campaigns are getting noisier, nastier and costlier," notes Georgetown Law Professor Roy Schotland, an authority on campaign spending...
...Forget the loan. I just want to let you know that the Paiute Indians, [a tribe which lives near Sevier], wanted to make the dispute a lot nastier- There are plenty of people here in Utah who can make a lot of trouble for you,'" Joyce quoted Kohler as saying...