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...nukes, which may already include one or two atomic devices. That could spawn a regional arms race and, worse still, a proliferation nightmare. "The real threat, if the North is allowed to get more nuclear-weapons material, would be their selling it, not using it," says Representative Gary Ackerman, who chairs the House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. "Their economy is virtually nonexistent. They'll do anything for money, which is why they're the largest exporter of Scud missiles. If they had a serious nuclear capability, they'd sell that...
...wobbles most seriously because it may encourage other bad actors to develop similar blackmail abilities. "But North Korea is special," says Manning. "Its army is huge, its leaders are insulated, and it has proved its ! willingness to fight, which it might do again if it feels cornered." Besides, adds Ackerman, rejecting the "bad precedent" argument, "we've bought off other nuclear weapons, as in Ukraine, and we're constantly purchasing arms that have fallen into bad hands. It's better to do a buyback than to have the stuff fired at us. North Korea is just a larger version...
What Fine Arts Professor James Ackerman calls "a misfortune," others call a blessing, for Canaday has risen to first-years' expectations of what a college dorm should be. It has not disappointed us, it has not insulted our minds and it has not reminded us of failure, as O'Shea suggests it should. Rather, it has provided more than 10 percent of the first year class with large suites, perfect walls to hang posters on, wall-to-wall carpeting and the opportunity to have a single sometime during the year...
...think that people who took Fine Arts 13 did not have in mind their intellectual muscle," says Ackerman. "There was just a feeling that it was `kultur' with a capital...
...They should devise some course which is suitable for people who just want to take one course," Ackerman says...