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...Only he who has decided to commit suicide can start a nuclear war in the hope of emerging a victor from it. No matter what might the attacker possesses, no matter what method of unleashing nuclear war he chooses, he will not attain his aims. Retribution will ensue ineluctably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy: East-West War of Words | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

...their primary allegiance to their House; most feel more a part of outside organizations, like athletic teams. The Houses in large part have thus become atomized. Cliques developing in a given House reinforce themselves through the housing lottery's peculiar form of natural selection, making House unity hard to attain...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Bok's Undergraduate Legacy | 10/16/1981 | See Source »

...flexibility to forget past Arab-Israeli hatreds, just as he had once forgotten his alliances with the Nazis, Nasser and the Soviets. Sadat was never unstable. Rather he was an ideologue who set different targets at different times for himself and for his country and then tried to attain them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sadat and Identity | 10/13/1981 | See Source »

Reduced inflation, reduced interest rates and a balanced budget are fundamental. But how do you attain them? By reducing "entitlement accounts." I receive Social Security, but I believe senior citizens should accept the pain along with the younger generation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 12, 1981 | 10/12/1981 | See Source »

...there is the usual smattering of Ivy Leaguers hanging on as backups, floating from team to team in an effort to attain the national stature that doesn't accompany Ivy glory. Harvard's Pat McInally '75, punter and substitute receiver with the Cincinnati Bengals, offers a good example of a superb Ivy athlete who has never achieved proportionate prominence in pro ball, but nonetheless manages to make a living in a highly competitive business...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Flirting With the NFL (or, Standing Pat) | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

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