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...combination of Soviet military acquisitiveness and geopolitical assertiveness has led some in the West, notably Ronald Reagan, to an alarming conclusion: despite its declared aspiration merely to attain parity with the U.S., the U.S.S.R. has actually achieved across-the-board superiority. But that judgment does not take sufficiently into account a number of problems that plague the Soviet Union and offset what otherwise might be decisive advantages. Precisely because it has been so unrestrained in beefing up its military might and throwing its weight around the world, the Soviet Union has provoked countermeasures by the West that will further complicate...
...Reagan Administration's tough rhetoric, its attempt to consolidate anti-Soviet alliances and its program of across-the-board rearmament have all been intended to impress on the Soviets that they have a choice. They can moderate their conduct-which, by implication, means choosing more moderate rulers-and thereby earn a respite from conflict abroad that may be their last chance to tend to their home front. Or, if the succession struggle is resolved in favor of ideologues and expansionists, they can continue pursuing an aggressive course and thereby risk an almost inevitable, potentially cataclysmic confrontation with...
Meanwhile, the trend toward less selectivity across-the-board in college admissions has cut down on the phobia that low scores present an insurmountable barrier to getting into college. The latest stats show that almost three-fourths of all applications to American four-year colleges are now accepted. In other words, educators' attention to substance over scores has started to chip away at the tendency to take the numbers too seriously...
...EXTREME, ACROSS-THE-BOARD actions are basically un-workable. It's tempting to call for a return to blissful, pristine and pure amateurism, you'd just cut off gobs of TV dollars available today. But just try to tell that to Penn State or Southern Cal. It's impossible. The system's too lucrative...
...resolutions, many of them urging the continuation of federal help to various urban programs at their current levels. The mayors agreed that such entitlement programs as welfare and other aid to the poor should not grow, but should not be seriously curtailed either. The conference even conceded that across-the-board federal budget cuts should be accepted as long as they are "consistent with the well-being of our cities and support those in need...