Word: attacked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bases that concept on a series of well-founded assumptions. Ravenal claims there is no "magic number" of missiles at which the Soviets will decide they have the necessary superiority to attack the U.S. Instead the crucial question, he says, is where they might attack. And he is convincing in his explanation that it is not our cities, but our weapons, that would be their first target--in an attempt to limit the damage the aggressor would incur in a retaliatory strike...
...them. Ravenal would accomplish this by moving from the United States' present "triad" of nuclear forces to a "dyad." The U.S. should keep its bombers and submarines, he insists, but remove all its land-based missiles (veritable "sitting ducks," as he calls them) as they become more vulnerable to attack...
DIED. Zero Mostel, 62, comedian and actor best known for his poignant portrayal of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof; of a heart attack; in Philadelphia, where he was about to open in a new play. The son of a rabbi, Samuel Joel Mostel decided to be a painter, but supported himself with a number of odd jobs, including working as a $5-a-night stand-up comic at neighborhood parties. When he was 27, he made his professional acting debut with a series of impressions at a café and within the year was in Hollywood. Like the character...
DIED. E.F. Schumacher, 66, German-born economist and author of the underground bestseller Small Is Beautiful; of a heart attack; while en route by train from Lausanne to Zurich, Switzerland. Schumacher, who immigrated to England before World War II, served as economic adviser to Britain's National Coal Board from 1950 to 1970. In his 1973 book, Schumacher maintained that continuous growth was not necessarily desirable; that small, energy-saving units of production could often best serve human needs...
Penn's strong wishbone running attack broke open a 7-7 half-time deadlock with ten second-half points for its opening victory over Cornell and prodigal coach Bob Blackman, who returned to the Ivies this year after a seven-year stint at Illinois...