Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...striving for a first-strike superiority in missiles rather than simple parity with the U.S. On the other hand, as the U.S. delegates were about to leave for Helsinki, Secretary of State Rogers delivered a speech that had full White House approval. In a rebuttal of the Pentagon point of view, Rogers said: "The risks in seeking an agreement seem to be manageable, insurable and reasonable ones to run. They seem less dangerous than the risk of open-ended arms competition." Some members of Congress have also urged immediate cutbacks. Senator Edmund Muskie last week reiterated a demand...
Disarmament experts make only guarded estimates about how long it might take to reach an arms agreement -if indeed it can be reached at all. Though there are compelling reasons for a relatively rapid progress in SALT, experienced negotiators point out that the nonproliferation treaty, which was not nearly so complicated, consumed some four years of negotiation...
...made it her business to set the Holy Book to rights, publishing a Woman's Bible. The Scriptures bear the "impress of fallible men," she assured her readers. She particularly objected to the authors' use of the expression "The Lord saith" whenever they wanted to make a point. The story of Eve, she was happy to announce, was a fable, and woman was in no way responsible for the problems of the universe...
Klubock declined to say last night exactly what further steps he plans to take in the case. To appeal at this point Klubock would have to prove that an error during the court proceedings had denied Offner a fair trial...
Unlike the characters, the audience is let in on the mistaken identity aspects of the plot from the beginning-and that's the point. Wilder wants us to share with him his contemptuous laughter for all affairs human...