Word: reacted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Soviet Union was swift to react angrily against NATO's missile decision. Calling it the product of "crude pressure" by the U.S. against its allies, TASS declared that the plan was "dangerous to the cause of peace and to international detente." NATO planners paid little attention, convinced as they are that the present strategic balance in Europe favors the Warsaw Pact to a greater extent than ever before. They believe the new Western missiles will significantly strengthen the alliance and will, at the least, give it an important new bargaining chip in any fu ture arms negotiations with...
...nuclear artillery) or too devastating (an intercontinental ballistic missile strike at the Soviet Union from the U.S.). Furthermore, the Europeans are also fearful that in such an emergency, the U.S. might not respond at all. What was needed, they felt, was a nuclear capability that would permit NATO to react directly to a Soviet strike without having to resort to what strategists flippantly call the ultimate "big bang...
...good times and not to fire so many in bad times. Instead of dismissing them, perhaps the company could train them for other jobs, which they would get when business turned up again. Says he: "People take the punishment for your lack of planning. One wonders how these people react when they are hired and laid off so often. What do they tell their children? To whom are they loyal? Certainly not to the company...
...rating. Reason: the board planned to use some of the money to repay other borrowings, made in 1978. But the board had pledged to repay the 1978 notes from its own revenues, not by additional borrowing. Said one Wall Street analyst: "They naively thought the market wouldn't react negatively to the change...
...reacts bitterly and the two head for the courtroom and a disturbing custody battle. May you live in exile in a U.S. embassy if you don't react with smiling leers at the ending...