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...three independently targetable warheads. By giving the Soviet Union a monopoly in a whole category of weapons -- modern land-based, intermediate-range ballistic missiles -- the SS-20 was seen to be "decoupling." Western strategists could imagine the two sides' intercontinental missiles holding each other in check while the SS-20s allowed the Soviets to dominate the intermediate-range bishops and knights in the European squares on the board. As a result, the pawns -- tanks, artillery and infantry -- would suddenly become more important, and the overwhelming numerical superiority of the Warsaw Pact's conventional forces might be the determining factor...
Witnesses described both gunmen as having red hair, one in his late 20s and the other in his 50s, and both were believed to have been carrying military rifles, Brown said...
Brother George's reticence is a bit frustrating. On the other hand, his spare comments enhance a sense of mystery and allure. Photos of his sister in her 20s reveal mischievous Tartar eyes and a determined jaw. In the 1940s, she could have been one of the European film beauties who used only one name, like Valli and Annabella. In the '80s, her diary could yet make her a "hot property." Perhaps even now, Meryl Streep's telephone is ringing off the hook...
...range missiles, the Soviets retain a considerable advantage, as they do in conventional and chemical arms. We would like any agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union to take Europe's security interests into account. For us, the zero option, the withdrawal and destruction of Soviet SS- 20s and of U.S. Pershing II and cruise missiles, could be positive elements as long as there existed, on a parallel basis, the broad outlines of agreement in principle on equilibrium in short-range missiles and on the means of verification. Will it be balanced and verifiable? We're not there...
...pumps across the Lower 48. In Alaska, as in Kuwait and Dubai, there were rude awakenings. Alaska derives a higher percentage (86%) of its general fund from oil taxes than any other oil-producing state. As the price of a barrel of crude oil tumbled from the high 20s down through the teens to about $9, the state began to run on empty...