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...other hand, as long as Dartmouth police continue their all-out law enforcement strategy, student activism will rise and the university's image will decline...
...last week this appalling scenario had been played out to its fatal conclusion in some 15,000 Americans. Another 11,500 were under assault, showing the telltale symptoms of the disease, and from 1 million to 2 million others harbored the virus, vulnerable at any time to a final, all-out attack...
...early success of its all-out spin-control operation, though, it is by no means certain that the Administration can maintain its momentum. The rise in Reagan's poll standings is the kind of rally-'round-the-President response that appears almost automatically at any time of intense concentration on foreign affairs, but usually disappears in a fortnight or so. Some aspects of the Administration's explanation of "what really happened" at Reykjavik seem inconsistent or even contradictory. Poindexter at first implied that it was Reagan who in effect brought the summit to an end by picking up his papers...
...with the so-called trip-wire strategy, it was stated that conventional forces existed solely to trigger the unleashing of the Strategic Air Command. By the mid-'70s, NATO had accepted the importance of a stalwart conventional capability. Perhaps it would not be sufficient in itself to protect against an all-out invasion, but with the reinforcement provided by strategic and theater nuclear weapons, it provided a comfortable level of deterrence...
...seemed inevitable that the sudden collapse of the talks should be followed by an all-out effort to place the blame on the other side. In the past, such failures have been accompanied by bitter accusations and unseemly language which often generates its own dynamic and makes it harder to resume relations in a calmer atmosphere. That did not happen this time, however. Both Reagan and Gorbachev have responded with moderation. Larry Speakes, the White House press spokesman, went so far as to compliment Gorbachev on his speech of October...