Word: thrust
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...estimates, would run out of ammunition after only two weeks of conventional war. Worst of all, perhaps, the U.S. has an announced commitment to oppose by force any Soviet move toward the Persian Gulf oilfields, but today might have to resort to tactical nuclear weapons to block such a thrust...
S.O.B., the culmination of six years of work, was to be a presentation of what really goes on out West from an autobiographical point of view. But rather than a sword thrust into the guts of the ball-breaking capital of the world, Hollywood receives merely an annoying pin-prick...
...report sees a strong linkage between Soviet conduct throughout the world and the state of U.S.-Soviet relations. But it also urges flexibility in such linkage, stressing that future Soviet actions-most notably in Poland-are of greater concern than past excesses like the invasion of Afghanistan. One thrust of the paper is that if the Soviet Union does not move militarily into Poland and stops stirring up trouble elsewhere, a new thaw between Washington and Moscow might yet be possible, despite the stridency of the Administration's anti-Soviet rhetoric...
...billion over the following two years. Since then, through the "reconciliation" process, 15 committees of the House and 16 of the Senate have labored to produce the most imposing piece of legislation ever considered by Congress: a 4,000-page omnibus budget bill that cuts back the scope and thrust of no fewer than 175 federally funded programs. That bill now goes to the floor of the two houses for possible amendment and debate...
Feldstein and the other board members agreed that the tax cuts as now proposed would do little to boost savings to a level where they would provide the Administration's promised thrust toward industrial renewal. A more effective way of doing that would be to allow individuals to open tax-deductible retirement accounts whether or not they were covered by private pension plans. Another, says Feldstein, would be to Increase exclusions for dividends and interest received to $1,000 or even $2,000 from the current $200 per person, which he regards as "too trivial to be much...