Word: function
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Security Council, cannot be blamed for the indiscretions of a Democratic presidential candidate and the peccadilloes of a popular preacher. But moral leadership "should come from people in public office," argues Sissela Bok, a professor of philosophy at Brandeis University. "Aristotle said that people in government exercise a teaching function. Among other things, we see what they do and think that is how we should act. Unfortunately, when they do things that are underhanded or dishonest, that teaches...
...American nuclear weapons be based in the territory of Western Europe, capable of reaching targets inside the Soviet Union and guaranteeing that the U.S. would not just come to Europe's defense but would do so with nuclear weapons. The independent deterrents of Britain and France by definition cannot function as an American trip wire, and U.S.-based strategic weapons might sit out a war in Europe. U.S. short-range and battlefield weapons might blunt a Soviet blitzkrieg but cannot carry the war to the Soviet homeland. In the jargon of nukespeak, some Europe-based, intermediate-range American weapons...
...with the opportunityto keep up with the achievements of Russian art.In their painting, then, the Itinerants embodiedthe intellectual spirit of the age. Turning to thepeople both for the source and the end of theirart, they created a body of work intensely andself-consciously Russian in its character,execution and function...
...forces from Europe. When the Kremlin hears about this, it activates its own crisis machinery, and the two sides inexorably proceed toward a macho nuclear confrontation. The chief of the Strategic Air Command warns that the C 3 system can absorb only a couple of hundred "hits" and still function. The National Security Adviser, who wants to prepare American missiles for launch even without the President's approval, argues, "If the Soviets strike first at our command and control, we may not be able to strike back." In short, the U.S. has to be prepared to use its missiles...
Although Rosenberg says he never used the word, he was criticized for prematurely implying it. Dr. Charles Moertel of the Mayo Clinic argued that the technique was prohibitively expensive and that the side effects (including fever, fluid buildup and irregularities in kidney and cardiovascular function) were "unacceptably severe," and suggested that the press had overplayed the potential benefits...