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...galling, especially to those who, regarding themselves as tough-minded and not fainthearted, will see these books as further evidence that war is too devilishly attractive to be left to the generals. Hackett's lip-smacking language ("seek and destroy armor, shortened into the not infelicitous little acronym SADARM") can make the military mind seem demented. But civilian harrumphing is no more useful than the military kind, and reading Hackett's prickly books goads the reader to ask: How can the human race evolve beyond the savagery of tribalistic nationalism? -By John Skow...
Those preparations have taken nearly 16 months-a third of a presidential term. In the meantime, Reagan has changed the acronym from SALT to START, substituting "reduction" for "limitation." His critics were beginning to wonder if the real name of the game was perhaps STALL. But in a speech he took to his alma mater, Eureka College in Illinois, on Sunday-his most comprehensive address on East-West relations since taking office-Reagan finally unveiled his proposal for a new round in negotiations with the Soviet Union. He suggested that the talks begin in June and reiterated his suggestion...
...that CERIEN, the Spanish acronym for the Center for Studies of International Relations and National Strategy in Buenos Aires, asked me to give lectures and hold some conferences. Galtieri, then commander in chief of the army, invited me to address the chiefs of staff and senior officers of all three services. He explained that the Argentine armed forces had been successfully engaged for several years in the suppression of terrorism. (It was hardly possible for me to tell him that the means they had used were almost universally condemned.) The Argentine military must now, Galtieri said, be turned back...
...group of activists in Quincy House (the new half of which is ivy-free) were more successful in organizing disaffected plant-lovers, putting together a 20-member committee called "Save Harvard's Ivy Today" (the acronym presumably a reference to the life-giving properties of fertilizer). Saying, "the spirit of Harvard is in that ivy," the committee's co-chairman announced plans to stage a rally this Friday in front of John Harvard's (also ivy-free) statue...
...contributed modestly, marginally, but still significantly to the avoidance of nuclear war. Reagan has in effect suspended that process. He has promised, but not yet presented, what he says will be an improved substitute with the goal of deep cuts, primarily on the Soviet side, and with a new acronym, START (for Strategic Arms Reduction Talks). By seeking reductions while refusing to ask the Senate to ratify the limitations that have already been achieved, he risks making the best the enemy of the good...