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...have been confused or ill defined in the past, as they were when the President was shot four years ago and when other Presidents suffered from long illnesses (see following story). Reagan and his aides knew that the actions they took could set precedents for his successors and perhaps alter, however temporarily, the course of his own presidency...
...Second, the U.S. should alter its basic weapons strategy from targeting populations to a counterforce capability. That goes against those who support the idea of mutual assured destruction as a deterrent. But I think MAD is obsolete. What American President is going to risk New York and Chicago to save Berlin? As I look back on World War II and on the war in the Pacific, I think the whole concept of targeting civilian populations was morally wrong. In World War I, there were 16 million deaths. In World War II, there were 55 million. Much of the difference...
...Kyrgyzstan, some fear for Russia's own future. "The [Kremlin] used to talk about modernization, integrating the country into the community of civilized nations. Now they talk of preservation," says Andrei Kortunov of think tank New Eurasia. Vladimir Ryzhkov, an independent Duma member, thinks the Kremlin is preparing to alter the constitution so Putin can remain in power. Ryzhkov claims to have seen two memorandums, prepared by the security services, arguing for this change. Ryzhkov says the message was: "We have a new style of leader. Now we need a new constitution." But even in a third term, Putin could...
...entities together, to get these new, younger visitors interested in the museum as a whole? Holding concerts on weekend evenings, when the museum is relatively quiet and empty, will certainly alter its normal scheme. Looking to the future, concerts will be coordinated with exhibits in a way that will attract concert-goers to the visual parts of the museum as well. The Books (see related review, Page B4) famous for shows that fuse images and music, they are an excellent example of contemporary multimedia artistic fusion, and the hope is to keep it open to such syntheses in the future...
Sabin’s versatility would prove to be her salvation. With the rubber off-limits, she was forced to alter her comeback plans, ultimately working her way back onto the team’s roster—as an outfielder...