7 definitions
Arms race (n.) can be a weapon in itself: Khrushchev believed the US used it to break the weaker Soviet economy without war.
Berlin (n.) is the testicles of the West, every time the Soviet Union wants the West to scream, it squeezes on Berlin.
Economics (n.) does not greatly respect one's wishes.
New York City (n.) is so lacking in greenery that it would make a stone sick.
Nuclear war (n.) is where the survivors would envy the dead.
The Politician (n.) is the same the world over: he promises to build a bridge even where there is no river.
The Press (n.) is the chief ideological weapon.