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121Second strike — In nuclear strategy, second strike capability is a country s assured ability to respond to a nuclear attack with powerful nuclear retaliation against the attacker. To have such an ability (and to convince the opponent of its viability) is… …
122first strike — noun the initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons; considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country s ability to retaliate the Pakistani president promised no first strike against… …
1231960 Writers Guild of America strike — The 1960 Writers Guild of America strike was the second longest writers strike in history. It lasted Age in weeks and days|day1=16|month1=1|year1=1960|day2=10|month2=6|year2=1960, and just one week less than the 1988 writers strike. The strike… …
124Encirclement Campaign against Hunan–Jiangxi Soviet — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Encirclement Campaign against Hunan Jiangxi Soviet partof=the Chinese Civil War place=border region of Huan Jiangxi provinces, China date=January 29, 1930 March 24, 1930 result=Communist victory combatant1=… …
1251942–44 musicians' strike — On August 1, 1942, the American Federation of Musicians, at the instigation of union president James Petrillo, started a strike against the major American recording companies because of disagreements over royalty payments. Beginning at midnight,… …
126U.S. Steel Recognition Strike of 1901 — The U.S. Steel Recognition Strike of 1901 was an attempt by the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers (the AA) to reverse its declining fortunes and organize large numbers of new members. The strike failed.The AA had formed in… …
1271942-44 musicians' strike — On August 1, 1942, the American Federation of Musicians, at the instigation of union president James Petrillo, started a strike against the major American recording companies because of disagreements over royalty payments. Beginning at midnight,… …
1282008 Skorpion Zinc Strike — The 2008 Skorpion Zinc Strike was a worker s strike against the ownership of the Skorpion Zinc mine near the southern Namibian town of Rosh Pinah in Karas Region. Skorpion Zinc is the largest zinc mine in Africa and the eighth largest in the… …
