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Dates: during 1990-1999
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PERHAPS MORE important than the limitations of technology is the backwardness of the philosophy behind SDI. The project is mired in the Reaganesque notion of world safety through arms build-ups rather than through arms reduction. Maybe nuclear peace has been kept through the perilous Cold War by the threat...

Author: By Matthew L. Jones, | Title: No Weapons in Space | 10/8/1991 | See Source »

In the new game, as in the old, deterrence is an important strategy. Submarine-based missiles, for example, should continue to be retained in order to maintain the principle of mutually assured destruction with less risk than land-based MIRVs.

Author: By Mark N. Templeton, | Title: The Earth's Nuclear Future | 10/8/1991 | See Source »

Gorbachev's assessment was not much different. On Friday morning the Kremlin leader received a letter from the White House outlining the proposals. He talked them over with top advisers, including arms-control negotiator Victor Karpov and Defense Minister Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, and then took a phone call from Bush -- all...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The Details Are Sticky | 10/7/1991 | See Source »

Thus, when the Harvard men's soccer team finished last season with a 6-7 record (3-4 Ivy), Harvard fans could rest assured that this season would bring more wins.

Author: By Peter I. Rosenthal, | Title: M. Booters at a Crossroads | 10/2/1991 | See Source »

Of greater concern to the White House is the possibility that George or Fiers -- each was below Gates on the CIA chain of command -- might implicate Gates. Nonetheless, the Senate committee has been assured by Walsh that so far his investigation has not turned up any evidence that would lead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Intelligence: Crisis in Spooksville | 9/23/1991 | See Source »

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