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Word: provisionally (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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McFarlane's new interpretation is said to have originated with Pentagon hard-liners, including Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle. They argued that the ABM limitations do not apply to new technology. In 1972, the only operational missile-killing systems consisted of interceptor missiles fired from fixed ground sites. Negotiators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Resolving a Star Wars Skirmish | 10/28/1985 | See Source »

The agreement with the corporation would also limit the number of homes built on the 40 acre site to eight, but no provision was made pertaining to the location or architecture of the houses.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weston Votes to Buy University Property | 10/22/1985 | See Source »

By the time the weekend ended, it was obvious that the provision about saluting certainly extended to Harvard.

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Tearing Up Tierra Del Fuego | 10/16/1985 | See Source »

Under the Soviet proposal, the development of any new strategic weapon would be banned or severely restricted. The worst-case interpretation of the provision would forbid the two new American land-based ICBMs--the MX and Midgetman--as well as a new Trident II submarine-launched missile that has a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mix of Hope and Hokum | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

Another provision of the directive bars state agencies from assisting the INS in apprehending illegals, although it is unclear if such assistance is actually being provided.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Massachusetts Opens Its Arms to Aliens | 10/11/1985 | See Source »

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