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...Western Europe, visions of 21st century satellite weapons could scarcely divert attention from an immediate defense concern, the 572 American Pershing II and cruise missiles that NATO plans to begin deploying this year if no agreement is reached with the Soviets on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF). For this reason, allied officials are less interested in the speech Reagan gave last week than in the one he is scheduled to deliver Thursday in Los Angeles spelling out the U.S. INF negotiating stance...
...that NATO forgo its planned deployment if the Soviets dismantle the 613 intermediate-range missiles they now have in place. NATO defense ministers meeting in Portugal were successfully persuaded by Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger last week to reaffirm support for deployment of NATO'S missiles if there is no agreement at the INF negotiations in Geneva. But despite this declaration, West European leaders remain hopeful that the U.S. will adopt a more flexible approach. In this week's speech, Reagan is expected to indicate that the U.S. will consider accepting an interim U.S.-Soviet balance of, perhaps, 300 warheads...
...earned him a spot on the All-Ivy Second Team. “That’s a big loss—I miss him,” Walsh says. “The reason he’s not here at Harvard, I’m not in agreement with it, but I understand it. Losing him...is going to be real tough.”With the loss of Perlman, the fourth spot opened for players like Strangio and Cole. Another player that Walsh thought had a serious shot at becoming a starter was flame-throwing freshman Greg...
Innovation like that could also help to strangle music piracy; some 20 billion files were downloaded illegally in 2006. The music business has called on Internet Service Providers (ISPs), which host that traffic, to do more to choke it off, and an agreement was reached in France late last year requiring ISPs to stop large-scale copyright infringers. But to shake off its blues, the record business must itself continue to break old habits. Saying yes to rehab is a start, but returning to health is going to take a sustained dose of discipline and imagination...
...electronic health-records industry, which to date has been plagued by thousands of conflicting software systems. Along with cost and privacy concerns, doctors often cite this lack of connectivity as a major reason they haven't made the move from paper to digital record-keeping. The Allscripts-Misys agreement could help overcome that barrier. "Our aim is to create the Microsoft Office for health care," Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman says, "to develop a standard all doctors can rely...