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Kistiakowsky. The idea was to lay the so-called barrier--which had nothing to do with a fence--through the uninhabited jungles through which the Ho Chi Minh trails are cut. We were very uncertain of the feasibility of this scheme. There was a very heated internal debate in August whether we should even present the plan to Mr. McNamara...
Langer. Well, did you feel obligated for political reasons in the summer study to include something about a barrier, or was that McNamara's previous idea...
...institution devoted to exploring all the arts--California Institute of the Arts. C.I.A. reduces anyone's current conception of college arts programs to mere child's play. A prominent faculty is grafted onto the furthest reaches of California artistic explorations which are aimed at smashing the barrier between the artistic object, the artificer, and his lifestyle, C.I.A. is its own global village, teaching music from India, Africa and China along with conventional Western music, combining art and technology in its electronic music labs. Labs like these in the East are progressing in the same direction it is true, but C.I.A...
Most important to Alaska's economy, the bill in effect removes a barrier to the proposed $2 billion trans-Alaska oil pipeline from the North Slope fields to the ice-free port of Valdez. The oil companies have been desperate to get on with the job; costs of waiting have been estimated at $400,000 per day. The big question now is whether the 789-mile-long pipeline can be built with sufficient safeguards to protect Alaska's environment...
...some Catholic theologians who favor birth control have questioned the traditional view that "nature" requires each sexual act to be open to procreation. But, argues John Giles Milhaven of Brown University, having rejected natural law in order to permit contraception, the theologians have undermined its moral force as a barrier to nonmarital sex. Milhaven himself believes that, instead of laying down dogmatic rules, the church should use the behavioral sciences, particularly psychology, as a guide in counseling individuals with sexual conflicts. Generally, he finds far more reason to condemn adultery than premarital sex. A more cautious new moralist, Catholic University...