Word: counters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prevented from compensating for the overwhelming Soviet advantage in rocket size and power. But the chances of Senate approval will almost certainly improve as the White House begins lobbying for the treaty. To allay some critics' fears, the Administration will stress that it is increasing defense spending to counter the Kremlin's continuing military buildup. The new head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Lieut. General George Seignious II, points out that SALT II "is going to require additional money to modernize the strategic systems we have...
...Muslim community that Ayatullah (Sign of God) Qumi of Mashhad had dreamed that he had been visited by Imam Reza, a saint of ancient times. In the dream, Reza complained that Shi'ite Leader Ayatullah Khomeini had been turning Muslim against Muslim and that his teachings were thus running counter to Islamic law. Among the faithful, many were stunned; others dismissed the report as a government trick...
There is just as much uncommon sense in the observation that once E.M. Forster was identified as a homosexual, a uni versal writer was diminished to the status of "a propaganda counter in a winless war. 'We've got Whitman, and I'm pretty sure we've got Byron, and we're still working on the big case, Shakespeare,' say the Gays. And the Straights reply by hanging on to Shakespeare's Dark Lady for dear life and giving up Whitman altogether...
...England Journal of Medicine, Drs. Thomas Murray and Martin Goldberg of Philadelphia's University of Pennsylvania Hospital report that as many as 5% of all instances of kidney failure in the U.S.-some 8,000 new cases a year-may be caused by common over-the-counter and prescription analgesics. The usual culprit: a mixture of aspirin and either phenacetin or acetaminophen, ingredients found in many well-known painkillers as well as the APC (aspirin-phenacetin-caffeine) tablets handed out wholesale by some military and industrial dispensaries...
...contains live cells from sheep placenta, ostensibly to retard aging. Probably the most successful of the full lines is Estée Lauder's Clinique, consisting of seven products concocted with the help of dermatologists and priced from $6.50 to $7.50 each. In many department stores, the Clinique counter resembles a laboratory, where the saleswomen wear white uniforms and products are packaged in antiseptic green. On the counter sits a computer-like box that asks the customer eight questions about her complexion, which she answers by moving silver knobs. The answers are supposed to determine her skin type...