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opening salvostresses
gen. первый залп (Ремедиос_П)
fig.of.sp. первый шаг (в политической и др. борьбе; the first in a series of questions, statements etc that you use to try to win an argument: The newspaper article was the opening salvo in what proved to be a long battle. • Congressman Saunders fired the opening salvo during a heated debate on capital punishment. • Clinton fired the opening salvo last month when he included tax cuts in his proposed 1997 budget. • Lunar fired the opening salvo last month when it filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. 4uzhoj)
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