Word: path
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...threat they pose? Proposals for world government have resurfaced lately as a possible answer, but, given the success of the League of Nations and the United Nations and the current state of international relations, a move towards any such world organization seems very unlikely. Is there, then, any possible path by which we cannot simply reach an agreement on "No First Use" or get the missiles out of Europe, but somehow--not actually, of course, but functionally--put the threatening genie back in the bottle...
Bauer also refuses to acknowledge, that his economic policies could have unfortunate social consequences. Nations which have followed the agricultural product or raw-material based path that he advocates have often found themselves with repressive political systems needed to maintain societies in which there are few rich and many poor. Overly careful adherence to Adam Smith often Produces Anastasia Somoza...
...many people realize that China, which started the world on the path to the nuclear arms race by inventing gunpowder, has also come up with a possible antidote--the doctrine of "no first use"? As President Reagan commences his state visit to the People's Republic of China (PRC), it can be instructive to look at how China has viewed the bomb and reacted to the growing strength of the two nuclear superpowers and, in particular, the Soviet military buildup along its borders...
...path to developing a wide range of high-tech products, Canon has stumbled on occasion. In 1975 it suffered heavy losses on a line of unsuccessful pocket calculators. Though the firm is now zooming along, officials are worried about possible trade barriers from the U.S. and Europe. That could be crippling, since some 75% of Canon's sales are exports. As a result, the company is gradually moving production overseas to new plants in such places as California and West Germany...
...improbable, business of Romancing the Stone to transform her into a reasonable facsimile of one of her own adventuresses lost in the Colombian jungle. Michael Douglas plays the footloose fellow who helps her decipher the enigmas of her libido and the map that leads to the buried treasure. Their path is strewn with kidnapers, dope smugglers, sadistic policemen and a wide variety of unpleasant reptiles. But Director Zemeckis pushes them along at a pace that disarms disbelief, while realizing the full satirical values of Diane Thomas' brisk thrusts at adventure-film conventions. Douglas graciously concedes the movie to Turner...