Word: threatened
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...impose significant cutbacks in Soviet and American nuclear arms. Such a treaty would, for instance, probably permit both sides to deploy about 2,200 nuclear-weapon launchers (including strategic bombers). Furthermore, it is not expected to cut the number of Soviet monster rockets, like the SS-18, which could threaten the U.S. Minuteman missiles. As a result, Washington is considering going ahead with the development of the sophisticated MX missile. The mobility of the MX, which may run on underground rails, will make it an elusive target for Soviet missiles, theoretically ensuring that it can survive to make a counterattack...
Some critics of bypass surgery have noted that it is already a $ 1 billion a year industry and that its ballooning costs threaten the future of other health care in the U.S. Joseph Califano, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, told a Senate subcommittee that if a preliminary Veterans Administration report proves accurate, "hundreds of millions of dollars could be saved through less frequent use of this expensive surgery...
...such Soviet military activities do not stop, Carter suggested, the U.S. public may turn against detente, endangering any type of cooperation between the two superpowers. Citing a ''massive" buildup in Soviet conventional forces, which could be used "for political blackmail and could threaten our vital interests," the President vowed: "We will match, together with our allies and friends, any threatening power through a combination of military forces, political efforts and economic programs. We will not allow any other nation to gain military superiority over...
Thus, even if the center-right wins, the immediate postelection period might produce a small but embarrassing rise in the unemployment rate. Prices, too, are likely to climb; increases in rail, utility and public housing costs are already in the pipeline and threaten to propel inflation past the present rate of 7%. Similarly, France will come under increasing pressure, along with other Western industrial nations, as Third World countries continue to challenge it with their improving industrial strength. Such factors, coupled with disappointment over the left's defeat, might create a wave of strikes or demonstrations by exasperated workers...
...have the vision to grasp the opening provided by Sadat's visit to Jerusalem, saw Begin's interpretation of Resolution 242 as yet another stratagem to hold on to all of the West Bank-even if it meant abandoning the peace talks. The criticism did not yet threaten Begin's position as Premier, and it could well be muted in the wake of last week's atrocity. But much now depends on his talks in Washington. Should the Israelis conclude that Begin's intransigence was to blame for the failure of the peace process...