Word: shielding
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...South Pole, the South Pole the North. During these reversals, scientists theorize, the intensity of the earth's magnetic field actually decreased to zero, then built back up with opposite polarity. During the temporary absence of a strong magnetic field, the earth was left without its protective shield; as a consequence, cosmic-ray particles that were normally deflected by the magnetic field could shower through the atmosphere. The result may have been the destruction, mutation or even creation of species. Scientists know that such reversals occur every 500,000 to 1,000,000 years. But they do not know...
...trees in a thunderstorm. Grivas said that he had uncovered a plot on Cyprus in which a group of junior officers were plotting to overthrow the monarchy, purge the army of royalists, and install an army brand of socialism. Their code name, he said, was Aspida (shield), but his most damaging statement was that their leader was none other than Papandreou's son Andreas, onetime chairman of the department of economics at the University of California at Berkeley and for a while a naturalized U.S. citizen. Andreas' ambitions, his brash style and socialist leanings make him nothing less than...
...point. "Our military effort must succeed." Defending the need to bomb the North, he added: "We must use military force as necessary to reduce or cut off the flow of men and supplies from North Viet Nam, to knock out enemy main force units, and to provide a military shield for the South...
...along ever since with caretaker governments. The last one, led by Banker loannis Paraskevopoulos, was formed to carry the country through elections planned for late May. But Andreas' alleged activities brought down that government, too. His foes charged that he was the grey eminence behind Aspida (meaning shield), a plot in which a group of junior army officers sought in 1965 to install a socialist regime. Fifteen officers were jailed after a trial, and the government seemed ready to arrest Andreas when Parliament's current session closed and his immunity ended. To forestall this, the Center Union Party...
...North. But he did much to placate the hostile right wing of the GOP by stating "we must use military force as necessary to reduce or cut off the flow of men and supplies from North Vietnam, to knock out enemy main force units, and to provide a shield for the South." Although several weeks ago at Harvard Romney said he did not have the necessary information to comment on tactics, he has now, in effect, endorsed the President's belief that military aggression in the North is essential in bringing about a successful settlement. The only criticisms the Governor...