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When President Reagan gave that comforting concept vast publicity and his ardent support in his Star Wars speech last March, many scientists complained that the President was far too optimistic about the state of their wondrous arts. Arms-control experts warned that holding out such panaceas diverted attention from the painful chore of negotiating agreements to reduce nuclear weapons. The development of defensive systems, they said, could touch off another arms race, this one in space, and possibly even entice an enemy to attack before the weapons were fully operational...
Perhaps the most ardent advocate of industrial policy has been Democratic front-runner Walter Mondale, who has invited Reich to Washington to address his campaign staff...
...nation's most ardent advocates of reform, California's new Superintendent of Public Instruction William Honig, has conquered the land of Proposition 13. Last November Honig, a former elementary school teacher, beat the incumbent and popular superintendent by hitting again and again on the need for homework, discipline, high standards. California had ranked among the top three states in the nation on school spending per pupil until the mid-1960s. It dropped to 17th place in 1969, and after Proposition 13, to 31st place in 1981-82. And a marked decline in California education performance accompanied the decline...
...first and final analysis are a moral movement, not a political one. Growing out of the Catholic Church, the anti-abortion campaign sought in the early 70s both to reinforce traditional doctrine and to establish the Church as a modern social force. Paige describes the early campaigners as ardent crusaders, low on resources but long on energy and commitment. It was not, as it is now perceived, a monolithic, conservative force, but included liberal elements as well such as some environmentalists and civil rights activists. They won victories commensurate with efforts, placing abortion high on the political agenda in local...
Tower, 57, rose from obscurity as a political science professor to win the Sen ate seat vacated in 1961 when Lyndon Johnson became Vice President. He is known in the Senate for his acerbic wit, keen mind and temper- and his ardent advocacy of military spending...