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...recent Presidents all have gone through emotional swings on the issue. If Jimmy Carter arrived in Washington determined to banish nuclear weapons from the face of the earth, he ended his term supporting a new MX system, as well as Pershing and cruise missiles. If Ronald Reagan took power as a nuclear saber rattler, he at least has now toned down his language some and learned a lot about the world's desire to search for a way to reduce arms...
...vote, the Senate refused to table the bill, an action that would have put it in legislative limbo. The bill survived a similar test vote last week when senators refused to banish the legislation to the ways and means committee on a 21-15 vote...
...victory today will keep the Crimson's title hopes alive, but a loss would banish the team from the Ivy race, leaving it to wander vampire-like through the rest of its schedule sucking blood from teams that still have a chance...
...When the comfortable encounter the unimaginable, the result is not only emotional but cognitive rejection. Brutality and fanaticism beyond one's ken must be made to remain there; thus, for example, when evidence mounts of biological warfare in faraway places, the most fanciful theories may be produced to banish the possibility...
Carpenter and Cover Writer Claudia Wallis also banish tension with vigorous, twice-weekly squash games. Wallis came to TIME four years ago with credentials that included pre-med studies at Yale (1976) and a stint researching a series of science films...