Word: nuclearization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Snow frequently discusses the problems that a woman of the 1980's faces. She describes how difficult it is to get a date. "I haven't been dating a lot. Is it me, my personality or the threat of nuclear war?" Snow says. Snow's delivery of this joke in a smooth, sexy voice just adds to the already clearly hilarious material...
...neighboring governor faced heavy pressure for a good showing in New Hampshire yesterday, where he was expected to do well because of his vocal opposition to the Seabrook nuclear power plant and his frequent appearances on Massachusetts news broadcasts seen in the state...
...area of foreign affairs and economics, the founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and the 700 Club program shows little expertise. At a debate Sunday night he claimed that the Soviets had placed 25 nuclear missiles in Cuba and in previous statements he has promised to send aid to Polish rebels and to make future wars short because "we could have won Vietnam in a week or two." To solve the budget deficit, Robertson favors a "year of jubilee" in which all debts would be forgiven and has proposed selling the U.S. Post Office to raise revenue...
...welfare projects, into the biggest-spending local government Britain had ever seen. He attracted headlines by doling out tax funds to every group imaginable, including a gay community center, a Welsh harp society, a graffiti workshop and an organization called Babies Against the Bomb. The council declared London a nuclear-free zone, earning plaudits from the Kremlin...
...presence of nuclear weapons has suppressed military confrontations between the superpowers by raising the specter of atomic armageddon. Nuclear weapons are also cheaper, and create less of an economic burden than conventional weapons do--as Eisenhower knew when he implemented his New Look strategy. Most of all, nuclear weapons have forced belligerent superpowers to the negotiating table, as was evidenced after the Cuban Missile Crisis and again with the INF treaty. Eventually, nuclear weapons may produce a decrease in military expenditures if a treaty reducing conventional forces in central Europe is reached...