Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Europe. The argument, which has evolved since deployment of the weapon was first discussed four years ago, is that the danger of the bomb stems from its very nature. Because it is so focused and so restricted in its effects, its opponents say, NATO generals might be too quick to use it if the Soviets attacked, thereby causing Moscow to retaliate with its own nuclear weapons. Thus it might become the catalyst for escalating a conventional war into a nuclear confrontation. Says retired General Wolf von Baudissin, who served as chief of NATO's planning staff: "There are already...
...left wing of the Social Democratic Party that was so quick last week to criticize the U.S. decision to make the neutron bomb looks for its inspiration to an old familiar figure who is happily playing a new role. Willy Brandt, 67, is suddenly back in the news, both at home and abroad-going to the Kremlin to discuss disarmament with Leonid Brezhnev, standing under the Arc de Triomphe at his friend Frangois Mitterrand's inauguration, initiating a North-South conference in Mexico in October that will be attended by President Reagan. Some West German politicians regard Brandt...
...this country antibiotics are prescribed for everything, including ailments such as the common cold," says Dr. Stuart Levy, a professor at Tufts University Medical School in Boston and one of the contributors to the report. Indeed, drug companies promote antibiotics heavily, patients badger doctors for quick cures, and busy physicians sometimes write prescriptions without ordering the costly but appropriate backup tests. Furthermore, some surgeons routinely prescribe antibiotics before operations to prevent the possibility of infection later...
...high interest and slow sales are the California homeowners who cashed in on the sharply rising value of their property in the 1970s by taking out second, third and even fourth mortgages. In one fairly typical case in San Jose, a $34,000 first mortgage was followed in quick succession by two others of $15,000 and $10,000, the latter a six-month one with an annual interest rate of 25%. The failure of the last mortgage triggered a foreclosure on the house, one of hundreds in California in recent months. The rate of delinquent home payments has also...
...turned ecstasy machine. This freezer, which somewhat surprisingly produces enough ice cream for the 1,600 customers who crowd in on a good day, does its magic under the attentive view of the area's kids. If Manager Don Miller is in a good mood, those who are quick on their feet get to lick the dasher that he pulls out when a batch is finished. The rest of the semisolid mass then disappears for a day; it is flash-frozen at -10° F so that large ice crystals do not form, and then it is tempered...