Word: potentate
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Senate committees that the Soviet Union has gone ahead to install hundreds of giant S59 intercontinental ballistic missiles, each of which can deliver up to 25-megaton hydrogen warheads. (The U.S. Minuteman ICBM carries a relatively modest one-megaton punch.) The SS-9, said Laird, is far too potent a weapon for the mere destruction of cities: since the Soviets must have it in their inventory for the purpose of knocking out a tougher target, the U.S. ICBMs in their silos...
...attack, though lacking depth, is potent. Top scorer in the Ivy League last year, junior John Ince, will be joined by sophomores Cle Landolt and Phil Zuckerman, the offensive standouts on last year's high-scoring freshman team. With the addition of these two, Munro considers this spring's first line stronger than its 1968 counterpart...
This whole incident proves a potent fact: even if radicals wanted to wield a tyranny, and they don't, they couldn't do so. The real tyranny, on the contrary, comes not from radicals but from the established powers, which make students so terrified of losing their degrees that they turn upon each other...
...been closely identified with the oil interests. Prior to his extended and embarrassing confirmation hearings before the U.S. Senate Interior Committee, he made such unfortunate observations as: "I think we have had a policy of conservation for conservation's sake." Several Senators and the nation's most potent conservation organizations bitterly opposed Hickel's appointment. In only eight weeks, however, the new Secretary has shown an extraordinary flair for confounding his critics. Michael Mc-Closkey, acting executive director of the powerful Sierra Club, says: "Conservationists remain to be convinced by Hickel, but I think their minds...
Sophomore Ed Nosal has recorded the East's top throw in the 35-pound weight, a toss of 62'2". Nosal combines with teammate Charlie Ajootian to form the most potent one-two punch in the IC4As; their chief threat will come from Ed Potts and Doug Backes of Navy...