Word: aggressors
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...region. America should not go to war in that region because other options still exist besides the ultimate step of war. But more important, it is the U.S. which appears to be attempting to provoke war. Because options to war still exist and because the United States is the aggressor, fighting in that region could not be justified. If the nation goes to war there, I would not fight...
...officials thought Barresi was the aggressor in the confrontation and nailed her with a five-minute penalty--leaving the Crimson a player short at a crucial juncture...
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, in an interview with TIME, said of the congressional study, "Wrong, just plain wrong." Now one of SDI's most fervent supporters in the Administration, Weinberger said the findings assume that SDI systems would be vulnerable to saturation attacks by an aggressor, like the 1970-vintage antiballistic missile. "But," Weinberger insisted, "we're talking about a totally different strategic defense, which cannot be overwhelmed simply by the addition of more numbers...
...assailant as self- defeating. A new study done for the Justice Department's National Institute of Justice suggests that passive resistance is a more effective tactic than is a counterattack. The study found that the victim is far more likely to get hurt when attempting to subdue the aggressor, particularly one with a knife or gun. The kind of resistance that has the best chance of success, explains Richard Block, a sociologist at Loyola University of Chicago, who conducted the study, is to attract the attention of possible rescuers or to try to flee. Block predicts that if too many...
...executives, who usually try to get court orders to stop him from acquiring more shares. Icahn's most controversial takeover before his current fight with Phillips came in 1982, when he went after Dan River, a Virginia textile company. Residents of Danville rose up in protest against the aggressor from the North, and more than 100 of them began buying Dan River stock as a sign of local support. After six months of struggle, company officers bought up the public stock and turned Dan River into a private firm. Icahn, who had started buying shares at $12, sold...