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Rubbia's triumph, says Taubes, did not change his tactics. In 1984 the physicist announced evidence that seemed to suggest two more discoveries. The first was that of the top quark, a basic building block of matter that is predicted by theory but that other scientists believe still remains undiscovered. In the second, his team's experiments picked up the signs of what would become known as monojets; Rubbia boldly theorized that the monojets might signal a hitherto undetected particle. If so, Rubbia would have his second Nobel-class discovery within two years. A discovery of this importance...
Warding off such a flare-up is also, paradoxically enough, the real goal behind the Administration's new initiative. The basic aim of the package is to strengthen America's bargaining hand with foreign competitors without giving Congress the opportunity to make use of such blunt instruments as sizable tariffs and other devices that would provoke retaliation and choke off trade wholesale...
...which seems to be largely controlled by Iran. The terrorist groups -- Islamic Jihad, Revolutionary Justice Organization and the Organization of the Oppressed on Earth -- may compete with one another and goad one another on. Or, as Secretary of State George Shultz observed last week, "It is our basic information that, with whatever names may emerge, they are to a substantial degree linked together. We also observe some very strong ties to Iran...
What are the chances that Reagan can, before then, recapture the initiative? The White House is divided on basic strategy. One group wants the Administration to work with elements of the Democratic majorities to forge ad hoc coalitions on specific issues. Another believes the President should play hardball by vetoing any legislation that violates the tenets of Reaganism and firing back with bold moves like early deployment of the Strategic Defense Initiative...
...government-sanctioned newspaper, Politika, denounced the lack of basic goods like soap and detergents. For the first time since World War II, the paper reported, the schools of Warsaw are infested by lice...