Word: wrongness
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Mile Island would be a calamity comparable to a major nuclear exchange. Even a relatively small number of nuclear weapons now available in such overwhelming numbers is enough to make Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) a deterrent to anyone who believes in Murphy's Law: that if anything can go wrong, it will. To hear Americans at the Salt II hearings discuss the possibilities of a first strike in which, as one put it, we could incinerate the Soviet Union, is terrifying...
Nearly three out of four Americans also disapproved of Senator Edward Kennedy's criticism of previous American policies in Iran and of the Shah, who, he said, "ran one of the most violent regimes in the history of mankind." Was it wrong for the U.S. Government to support "antidemocratic forces" when it seemed in the American interest to do so? Forty-nine percent answered no, 36% yes. Only one-fourth of those surveyed believed that Ayatullah Khomeini's accusations against the U.S. for supporting the Shah were justified...
...cleaning the teeth. Khomeini does give attention to human frailties; he says, in essence, 'If you don't do it this way, well, if you feel bad, that's okay.' But the scheme is appallingly oppressive to us Westerners, in that there is a right way and a wrong way to do everything...
...Americans should vote Carter out of office. They should elect a suitable President. Then Iranians, if convinced that the U.S. Government does not intend to wrong them, will have normal relations with the U.S.?the kind of relations we have with other countries...
...building is still completely safe and usable, he said, adding, "Right now the important thing is to find out what the hell went wrong...