Word: weaponeering
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...1980s and '90s allegedly run by President Jacques Chirac's conservative Rally for the Republic - and implicating Chirac personally. Battered conservatives then watched gleefully as attention turned to Strauss-Kahn, who admitted that he'd been given a copy of the tape, presumably for use as a potential political weapon...
...pursued Thomas, 19, because of 14 outstanding warrants for misdemeanor charges and traffic violations. Thomas attempted to flee from Roach, and at one point, Roach told authorities, Thomas moved his hand towards his waistband as if reaching for a gun. Roach then shot Thomas in the chest. No weapon was found, and a grand jury investigation as to whether Roach used excessive force will begin this week...
...world where every country acts as expected. We may expect that China would never invade Taiwan, but our expectations are unlikely to give the Taiwanese nearly so much comfort as Aegis radar the next time China conducts missile exercises off the Taiwan coast. The submarines are similarly a defensive weapon against invasion—Taiwan is not in a position to attack the mainland. It would be irresponsible to leave Taiwan defenseless when it faces such a powerful and aggressive threat...
...other hard-liners in the corridors of power will accept that interpretation of events. In China's arcane domestic politics, the spin on Jiang's handling of the spy-plane incident may ultimately depend on short-term developments in more serious areas of U.S.-China conflict, such as over weapon sales to Taiwan...
...might be difficult for the Bush administration at this point. Thus the challenge facing the diplomats: Crafting a script that the Chinese can claim as an apology but which Washington can sell as simple politeness. And that's a challenge in which translation may be their best weapon...