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...threatening to detonate it unless the President withdraws nuclear forces from Europe. When the Kremlin hears about this, it activates its own crisis machinery, and the two sides inexorably proceed toward a macho nuclear confrontation. The chief of the Strategic Air Command warns that the C 3 system can absorb only a couple of hundred "hits" and still function. The National Security Adviser, who wants to prepare American missiles for launch even without the President's approval, argues, "If the Soviets strike first at our command and control, we may not be able to strike back." In short...
...turn and fertilize the earth, yet purified air is necessary before healthy changes can be made in the earth. So it is too early for us to speak of economic triumphs, and unlike the old days, nobody is making any messianic promises. We must wait for the earth to absorb the air, and be enriched...
...quest for ways to reduce the U.S. trade deficit, the Reagan Administration has repeatedly urged other countries to grow faster and absorb more American imports. One of the prime targets of the jawboning has been Western Europe, which last year ran up a $26.4 billion trade surplus with the U.S. But if the White House is counting on much help from the Europeans this year, it is likely to be disappointed. That was the consensus of TIME's European Board of Economists, which met in London for its semiannual review of Europe's outlook. Average growth in the gross national...
...current chief of staff, Don Regan, who gave Speakes full membership in the inner circle. For the past two years the President's spokesman could and did fill himself with all the information he could absorb, and the tension between him and the White House press corps eased noticeably because the reporters sensed that Speakes had the facts...
...point here is not to try to second guess the director or screenwriter by guessing who set Viveca up. Lumet just wants you to sit back and absorb the atmosphere. Let the dirt of L.A. sink into your skin and relish the experience of seeing Jane Fonda look worse than you for once...