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Word: strangelovean (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Then add "counterforce," "mutual assured destruction" and "first-strike capability." All this is part of the mind-numbing, acronymic jargon used in the U.S.-Soviet Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (known for short as SALT). Although the vocabulary is impenetrable, except to think-tank experts, and the concepts are often Strangelovean, the complex SALT negotiations may yet turn out to be the most important of the century. Herewith a primer of key questions and answers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The ABCs of the Arms Controversy | 4/11/1977 | See Source »

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