Word: tempte
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...resolved on the basis of cooperation-or can, I should say, be made unmanageable on the basis of confrontation." Ford deplored the use of oil as a political weapon, as Arab countries had employed it last year. "To use one commodity for political purposes," he cautioned, "will inevitably tempt other countries to use their commodities for their own purposes...
...critics' fear is that issuance of the notes would tempt depositors to pull more money out of savings and loan associations and mutual savings banks (generally called "thrift institutions"). This would further cripple the housing industry, which depends heavily on mortgage money advanced by those institutions. Even AFL-CIO President George Meany, worried about jobs in the construction industry, joined the chorus of criticism. Citicorp held off the note sale, though it may try again this week...
...feels he has a personal and constitutional responsibility to do so." White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig was a little more cautious. In what seemed to be a slight crack in the stone wall against resignation, he said: "I think the only thing that would tempt resignation on the part of the President would be if he thought that served the best interests of the people." That, of course, was exactly the rationale being offered by many in the capital and the rest of the country...
...justify the change in strategy, the Secretary of Defense argued that MIRV advances might tempt the Soviet Union to launch a limited nuclear strike against the U.S. Under MAD, the only possible U.S. nuclear response would be an all-out attack on Soviet cities. That would not only be inhumane but suicidal, because Russia would retain enough missiles?particularly those aboard submarines, which are virtually invulnerable to attack?to obliterate U.S. population centers. Consequently, the President might decide to save American lives by not retaliating, in effect acquiescing to the aggression...
...received his koan, or Zen riddle. A postulant's first koan usually is one of formidable difficulty, and solving it may take years. On each day of each of these years, the master asks in a sharp and businesslike manner for the answer. The learning monk may at tempt some reply or say nothing. When the master decides that no progress will be made on that day, he rings a small bell, and the interview is over...