Word: portioning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there is certainly a need for the U.S. to modernize its deterrent. But it can do that without Dense Pack, leaving the job of attacking silos to the Trident II and the most accurate, multiple-warhead version of the Minuteman. Perhaps at some point in the future, a portion of those Minuteman missiles could be replaced by MXs-in existing silos, rather than in some elaborate "protective/deceptive" basing plan. That might be necessary if the Soviets have not, in the meantime, agreed to significant cutbacks in their own land-based, silo-busting warheads. For the sake of deterrence...
...significant portion of contemporary scientific study, including genetics, immunology, and cancer-related experimentation, produces the low-level material. Currently, Harvard and other state waste producers ship the radioactive by-product to the state of Washington...
...Quakers' 23-0 loss to Cornell in Ithaca put the Crimson in a three-way tie--with Dartmouth and Penn--for the 1982 Ivy League championship. ABC was supposed to carry the Quakers' match-up with Cornell on its four o'clock broadcast, and a large portion of the Harvard faithful intended to tune in. But for some reason, Channel 5 showed the SMU-Arkansas game instead, and for many, the outcome of the contest in Ithaca remained a mystery until late in the evening...
...buyer of grain but has run into financial problems because of the slump in oil prices. Other agricultural payments and loans have also been boosted. During fiscal 1982, U.S. farmers received $12 billion in price supports, three times as much as in 1981. The U.S. also pays a portion of the storage costs for some growers...
...Soviets have concentrated their nuclear firepower on giant land-based missiles that could, according to some worst-case scenarios, be used to launch a sneak attack and deprive the U.S. of a large portion of its ability to strike back. The smaller American nuclear weapons, by contrast, have traditionally been better suited for retaliatory, rather than preemptive, missions. Moreover, by unveiling a new generation of shorter-range missiles targeted against Europe, the Soviets have raised anxieties in NATO about the West being bullied or blackmailed in some future crisis...