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Morris Heights is a New York City battleground. Situated in the South Bronx, the area has one of the highest crime rates in the city. Blocks of buildings are burned out, homeless people camp in boarded-up tenements, small boys peddle angel dust on the streets. In the midst of this chaos, behind a cast-iron fence, three calm acres of grass and flowers surround a stately Tudor building. Students in blue and beige uniforms read in the shade of oak trees. "The oasis," as the facility is called by the community, is one of more than 100 federally funded...
European neutralists, who want to dissociate their governments from becoming too involved in the superpower struggle, also fear that the weapon will make their soil the eventual battleground in an East-West confrontation...
...deployed in Europe without allied approval. But one Administration official noted: "Of course the Europeans are going to wonder when the other shoe is going to drop." The neutron bomb, which kills humans but does not cause major destruction of property, is designed as a tactical weapon for battleground...
...with the result that several residents suggested that he be run up the pole instead of the town's red flag. Fox made himself scarce on the wedding day. Even in Brixton, scene of London's worst rioting, residents bedecked a street that had recently been a battleground and partied next to gutted stores...
COMPETITION. While Western businessmen often regard Japan as a giant cartel, competition is actually fierce. Japan's thriving domestic market is the principal battleground for most Japanese companies. The products shipped abroad have such high quality and low price in large part because they have already survived the domestic Japanese market. In 1955, for example, the leading motorcycle company in Japan was Tohatsu, while Honda was a distant No. 2. By 1964 the more competitive Honda dominated the local