Word: shielding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...page report, which was prepared by a committee of 18 prominent physicists co-chaired by Gade University Professor and Nobel Laureate Nicolaas Bloembergen, examines each of the directed energy weapons proposed for use in SDI. The Reagan Administration has touted the "Star Wars" system as a shield against nuclear weapons...
...signed any agreement on this point. We think an effort will inevitably develop, as it already has in the Soviet Union and as it will in the U.S., to reinforce ((antimissile)) protection, but we suggest that effort cannot be absolute. Since man has existed, the sword and the shield have constantly been reinforced...
...Rolling Stones' fretful tune Gimme Shelter carries a special meaning for rock stars, Hollywood actors, even Wall Street tycoons. Like all of America's truly rich, they constantly look for loopholes in U.S. tax laws to shield their megabuck earnings from the Internal Revenue Service. But at times, as the headlines last week again confirmed, the Government declares those shelters to be illegal...
...operational warheads, by jamming and by various methods of deception. All this as well as other considerations makes SDI a kind of "Maginot line in space" -- expensive and ineffective. Opponents of SDI maintain that even though it would be ineffective as a defensive weapon, it could create a shield behind which a first strike would be launched, since it might be effective in repelling a weakened retaliatory strike...
...students, joined by an assortment of sympathizers, were met by an overwhelming onslaught of force and fury. Some 10,000 shield-bearing policemen, armored in riot helmets, blocked major street corners. As the students marched in remembrance of their slain comrade, the police fired tear- gas grenades into their midst. Thick clouds of blinding fumes soon routed the protesters, sending them gasping and reeling. One band of Buddhist monks were gassed and shoved as they tried to enter their temple. Chanted several gray- robed monks as they were driven back: "Restore democracy! Overthrow the dictatorship...