Word: infliction
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Schlesinger world view, stability is the key not only to security but diplomacy. But there is disagreement over whether the nuclear statistics have any real meaning. According to M.I.T. Political Scientist George Rathjens, "More hardware at this point is irrelevant [because] modest numbers of thermonuclear weapons will suffice to inflict levels of damage on nations that would be unacceptable under all circumstances...
...heart of the nuclear balance of terror is the concept of mutual assured destruction. Each side maintains nuclear attack forces sufficient to inflict unacceptable damage on its opponent even if the other side strikes first...
Assured destruction on the other hand is relatively stable. It matters little which side strikes first. The other side will have enough nuclear punch left to inflict a prohibitive level of damage...
When the Moroccan government, which lost four high officials in the Rome massacre, asked the Kuwaitis to treat the prisoners "without pity or mercy," the Kuwait government promised to inflict "severe punishment." By week's end it announced that it might be willing to turn the murderers over to the Palestine Liberation Organization for "trial" -thereby letting Kuwait off the hook...
...Kieu's spirit which draws the admiration of today's Vietnamese. Times have changed since Nguyen Du's era, and there are no longer any imperial authorities to inflict injustices. New modes of thought and government have emerged, but all that remains unchanged is man's suffering...