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WHILE REAGAN AND Gorbachev almost agreed to eliminate nuclear arms in Iceland, they remained far apart on eliminating the nuclear threat. Any complete and carefully plotted agreement would have to address both problems; they are inextricably intertwined. Star Wars technology may never serve to defend the U.S. against an all-out nuclear war, but it seems realistic, perhaps likely, that some form of the space-deployed system could be a guarantee against minimal numbers of nuclear weapons held by the two superpowers or by any third party. Once nuclear weapons had been significantly reduced or eliminated--and elimination must...
Presidential spokesman Larry Speakes said it would be "very difficult" to round up enough votes for Reagan, and indicated the president will not wage an all-out fight if it appears certain he will lose...
...military front, Khomeini's forces remain fiercely motivated after two crucial victories this year against the troops of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Iran recently launched a new drive to create 1,000 new battalions of Revolutionary Guards. Many experts say Khomeini is preparing an all-out assault against Basra, Iraq's second largest city, in an effort to break the deadlock in the war. Says a senior international-relief official who has worked on both sides of the marshy trenches: "The Iranians are certainly beginning to act as if victory is now within reach...
...narrow and shifting majorities, as some Justices agreed with parts of one opinion but not others. However, the twin decisions were resoundingly clear on one essential score: six of the court's nine members emphatically rejected the rationale that the Reagan Administration has been urging as the basis for its all-out assault on racial goals and quotas...
...older and got married, Club Med added day-care facilities for children and shifted the recreational emphasis from scuba diving to golf and tennis. Now Paris-based Club Mediterranee Group, the world's largest seller of packaged holiday fun, is in the midst of its most radical departure yet: an all-out campaign to lure corporate clients to its 95 villages in 25 countries in all the balmy parts of the globe...