Word: overwhelmer
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...mainly fearful of the effects of carrying out Gideon's admitted logic. Most misdemeanor cases now take only a few minutes; to require lawyers might inflate them into regular trials. The country has not even begun to provide enough public defenders for accused felons; adding misdemeanor cases might overwhelm...
...research, McNamara said only that there has been no decision to deploy it. Privately, he is opposed to Nike-X's deployment. For one thing, there is Nike's cost-a minimum of $30 billion; moreover, McNamara says, even if Nike-X is installed, the Russians could overwhelm it with an expenditure of only $5 billion in additional offensive power. He remains convinced that as long as the U.S. maintains its retaliatory capability, a nuclear exchange is highly unlikely...
...presence of massive allied forces may have forced Ho Chi Minh to change his whole objective. Marine commanders now believe the Reds plan to concentrate their attack on a single American unit, overwhelm it, and if possible, wipe it out. The strike would be launched just before next month's U.S. elections, in hopes of convincing American voters that the price of the war is too high to continue. Besides, the Communists are in desperate need of a military victory. They have not had one for more than a year...
...Apartheid (pronounced apart-ate) is an Afrikaans word meaning separation. It is a political dogma based on the fear-not entirely unjustified-that South Africa's 12 million blacks will overwhelm its 3.4 million whites, and it is enforced only through massive and brutal police powers. But to Verwoerd, it is not simply a tool to keep the black man in his place. He sees it as a creative policy intended to allow the Bantu to develop as a true African instead of becoming an imitation white man. "Separation does not envision oppression," he proclaims...
...their own businesses or substantial stockholdings. But what of today's typical corporate executive, who may control relatively little tangible property? Affluent as he seems, most of his wealth may be locked in group life insurance and deferred retirement benefits. To name his wife as beneficiary may overwhelm her with unaccustomed financial problems, but to set up a trust in his will consigns her to probate...