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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...main considerations is the vast Soviet air defense network, largest in the world. Some 6,000 radar installations stretch from Murmansk to Vladivostok for early detection of a U.S. attack. The Soviet force of 5,000 interceptor aircraft includes 200 formidable MiG-25s, known as Foxbats, which have a top speed of 1,800 m.p.h. and a maximum altitude of close to 80,000 ft. In addition, the Soviets have about 12,000 surface-to-air missiles-low-level SA-3s and SA-6s and high-level SA-2s and SA-5s-at more than 1,000 sites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: B-1 v. B-52: the Strategic Factors | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

...specializes in youth: "The 1960s saw the dissipation of the traditional controls of society. There was much more freedom of activity in all spheres, and it was inevitable that there would be more crime. Also, the admission that we had a racist society gave some people an excuse to attack that society without guilt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE YOUTH CRIME PLAGUE | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

...Russians did not publish the article until after the Spanish election, in which the Communists won only just over 9% of the vote, presumably because they feared their attack might have helped Carrillo and his colleagues at the polls had it come earlier. Last week the volume of Communism's new intramural scrap increased a notch when Carrillo replied to the Soviet assault. Said he jauntily at a Madrid press conference: "I didn't expect an excommunication decree from the Holy Office." Soon, he cracked, he would publish the New Times article in Spain, along with "clarifying notes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISM: Eurocommunism: Moscow's Problem Too | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

Americans do not often understand it, but in most societies first-naming- without the intermediate process of a seasoning relationship - seems rude and even disruptive. Too quick first-naming is like stepping into that critical distance within which an animal will attack a trespasser. The French still maintain fairly rigorous distinctions between tu (for animals, children up to 15, family members, close friends, lovers and, in some cases, professional colleagues) and vous (for everyone else). The same rules apply for first names. Many cultures have developed wonder fully elaborate forms of address to delineate relationships, to mark their progress. Russians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: A Nation Without Last Names | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

Stewart notched his seventh win of the season in the first game, as a 19-hit Harvard attack paced the Crimson's 12-3 romp. Stenhouse popped yet another round-tripper, his eighth of the season...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Harvard Baseball '77: A Tale of What's Coming | 7/8/1977 | See Source »

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