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...they see a real chance that a nuclear war will break out somewhere in the world in the next five years. Because of that concern, there is a strong feeling that the Administration should place a major emphasis on negotiating nuclear disarmament rather than on expanding the U.S. nuclear arsenal. And a significant number of Americans think the President is following just the opposite course...
...voters' attitudes toward nuclear disarmament and their own perceptions of the President's position. In the survey, 67% say the U.S. should place major emphasis on reaching an arms agreement with the Soviet Union, while only 25% say priority should be given to expanding our own nuclear arsenal as a deterrent. Although a narrow majority (55%) is optimistic about the outcome of current arms talks with the U.S.S.R., only 29% believe the Soviets will live up to their agreements...
There is no ignoring Nicaragua's military buildup. The Sandinista arsenal now includes some 30 Soviet tanks, and the Reagan Administration suspects that MiG-21 aircraft may soon be shipped to Nicaragua, giving that country clear air superiority over its neighbors. On the ground, Nicaraguan military strength is already well established; the Sandinista army of 26,000 is at least twice the size of any other in Central America. In addition, Nicaragua has a "ready reserve" force...
...three in the arsenal against cancer are surgery, radiation and drugs. But a new therapy, which has produced "exciting" preliminary observations, makes use of an unexpected weapon: bacteria. Staph germs (Staphylococcus aureus) are in fact essential in a blood-washing treatment under study at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. In the technique, developed by Immunologist David Terman and his colleagues, blood plasma is removed from a patient and run through a device containing beads of charcoal coated with protein A, a component of the staph bacteria. The plasma is then returned to the patient. The scientists speculate that...
...Wolfe's paperback version of In Our Time and a very technical appraisal of 1980s U.S. military strength called Arsenal of Democracy II, both make reasonably priced quality gift ideas...