Over Soviet protests, the United States began to develop its Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), nicknamed “______” after the popular movie of the same name.
a. Alien.
b. Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
c. Star Wars.
d. Terms of Engagement.
c. Star Wars.
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A) English Bill of Rights B) Magna Carta C) Communist Manifesto D) American Declaration of Independence
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