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deterrenceMilitary strategy whereby one power uses the threat of reprisal to preclude an attack from an adversary. The term largely refers to the basic strategy of the nuclear powers and the major alliance systems. The premise is that each nuclear power maintains a high level of instant and overwhelming destructive capability against any aggressor. It relies on two basic conditions: the ability to retaliate after a surprise attack must be perceived as credible, and retaliation must be perceived as a possibility, if not a certainty. |
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Managerial actions have long been recognized as important determents of employee perception and behavior. Army General opined, "We must not be misled to our own determent to assume that the untried machine can displace the proved and tried horse. In determining whether there is no other prudent route, the secretary would now be required to "weigh the determent resulting from the destruction of park land against the cost of other factors, and determine on the basis of the importance he attaches to these other factors, whether, on balance, alternative feasible routes would be 'prudent. |
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