Word: sheerly
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...difficult to achieve. He is escalating the arms race, as the Soviets build more weapons to block SDI. The Soviets will not consent to limitations on their strategic missiles without receiving something in return. I'm appalled that the Administration did not understand what was at stake. It is sheer nonsense for the President to be talking about Star Wars. In the talks, he should be concentrating on ICBMs, which are an absolute with regard to arms control." But Ball agrees that the elimination of nuclear arms cannot be achieved overnight, and would in any case alarm other NATO members...
...bottle. A world without nuclear weapons is a utopian dream. Whichever party (there are more than two) successfully cheated and preserved even a fraction of its arsenal could achieve dominance. Even if all parties were actually to abide by an agreement to destroy strategic arms, all would, out of sheer prudence, be poised to resume production and deployment. Given that imprint of nuclear capabilities on our minds, to seek total nuclear disarmament is to seek a goal as risky as it is impractical...
Parker looks forward to the "sheer spectacle" of the Head of the Charles...
...spend a good deal of that period alone. Even when advisers are called in, the sessions will be kept very small. On the U.S. side, only Shultz, Poindexter and Regan are scheduled to sit at the table with the President. Reagan agreed to the meeting partly out of sheer self- confidence. His advisers believe he scored nothing short of a spectacular personal triumph at Geneva and can repeat it in Iceland. Politics entered into his motivation too. Regan judged that a successful presummit summit shortly before next month's congressional elections would allow Reagan to be perceived as a President...
...exhibition is an exploration of the role of art as merchandise and merchandise as art. Although the sheer peculiarty of the pieces can be daunting, the humor and wit apparent throughout makes it accessible to even those who cannot quite understand why basketballs should be placed in fishtanks, and why admission should be charged to see them...