Word: use
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Island. For example, the scientists contend that defects in 26 reactors built by General Electric might cause the release of radiation in an accident similar to the one in Pennsylvania. The scientists have also produced a pamphlet, called the "Nugget File," that describes mishaps at nuclear plants, like the use of a basketball to plug a pipe leading from a radioactive tank...
...use of codes in missile tests and the definition of what constitutes new types of missiles. The U.S. has insisted that the Soviets must not scramble or "encrypt" the most essential electronic data being flashed from missiles to ground monitors during test flights. Keeping the transmissions readable would allow the U.S. to continue intercepting the Soviet test data needed to verify that Moscow is not violating SALT II. The U.S. has also proposed that an increase or decrease of more than 5% in the size of an existing missile would make the weapon a "new type," hence one whose development...
...probable," laments Richard Barnet of the Institute for Policy Studies. Yes, confesses one of President Carter's principal strategic planners, there is "a change in attitude" in the White House. There is the growing realization that the U.S. must sustain and demonstrate its power, even be prepared to use...
Peace through strength. There is a mockery in that equation. "We build up and build up," said John Kennedy one melancholy evening, "then somebody is going to use them. That is the lesson of history...
...This is a painful step, and I'll give it to you straight. Each one of us will have to use less oil and pay more...