Word: protection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tanker, the 81,283-ton Sea Isle City, is part of the Kuwaiti fleet reflagged by the United States in July to protect it from attack. Iran claims Kuwait aids Iraq, Iran's enemy in the seven-year Persian Gulf...
Leading opponents of the two reactors include Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, whose state includes several communities within Seabrook's 10-mile emergency planning zone, and New York Gov. Mario Cuomo. Both have withheld the requisite guarantees of emergency assistance on ground that no evacuation plan could adequately protect the public in the congested resort areas...
...Parler and Stello argued, in effect, that the NRC shouldn't get hung up over idle threats regarding the availability of emergency services. Instead, they said, the proposed rule incorporates "the `realism doctrine,' which observes...that in an emergency, state and local authorities will act to protect public health and safety...
Reagan altered his tactics slightly last week by hailing Bork's toughness on crime and condemning "liberal judges who protect criminals." But for the most part, Reagan still touted Bork as a moderate, criticizing the "deliberate campaign of disinformation and distortion" that depicted the judge as an ultraconservative ideologue. Indeed, White House advisers say it was the President who made the decision to avoid a bloody ideological fight. "Ronald Reagan himself didn't want that to happen," says one aide. "But the right wing has never been able to accept that fact...
...coordinates ship traffic in the West German port, has been a satisfied customer indeed, buying many high-tech IBM products over the past decade. But last week the Transnautic-IBM connection gained unwanted notoriety as a symbol of the internal dissension that marks the U.S. Government's campaign to protect America's high-tech secrets. Reason: 51% of Transnautic is owned by the Soviet Union...