Thefirststrikelasted 80 days and won some concessions, but when the government appeared to be backtracking, a second strike was called in 1979.
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Any power which is afraid of the press willfirststrikeagainst them.
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It seems that the only way in which it could be used independently for nuclear purposes would be by way of afirststrike.
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Let us be clear about this talk of afirststrike.
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The point is that the original inducing by the unofficial leader of thefirststrike, if that be the case, is unfair.
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It was thefirststrikein which my trade union had taken part.
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Thefirststrikewas the gas workers' strike.
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Each side knows that afirststrikeis not an option and neither side seriously includes such an option in its military or political calculations.
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I am not talking aboutfirststrike, which is the idea of a massive pre-emptive operation.
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Secondly, they would be unlikely effectively to survive afirststrikeif such a thing were to occur.
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In other words, afirststrikenuclear policy by either side really makes no kind of sense.
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It is difficult to think of a rationalfirststrikewhich would not be carried out.
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It was myfirststrike—unofficial, by the way.
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Very unusually, the textile industry had itsfirststrikefor decades.
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Whether they arefirststrike, second strike or 121st strike does not reduce that danger.
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