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Just as important, he recognizes that the critical but irresolvable uncertainties inherent in the subject of nuclear war cut two ways. They bedevil the Joint Chiefs of Staff as they design "targeting options" and President Reagan as he seeks to make credible the longstanding American threat of using nuclear weapons first to retaliate against a Soviet tank attack on Western Europe. But those uncertainties also complicate the arguments of people like Schell, who maintain that nuclear weaponry, because it threatens total destruction, is devoid of military or political utility. Whether one believes that nuclear arsenals constitute an indispensable part...
...President opened the Cabinet meeting by waving a newspaper dominated by speculative stories on his 1983 budget plans. The leaks must stop, he demanded. So once again a crackdown was ordered on an affliction that, particularly in times of trouble, seems to bedevil every Administration: the unending stream of information from inside the Government to the outside world. Although much of Ronald Reagan's wrath was directed at unauthorized speculation about his economic plans, the latest attempt to fasten loose lips was justified, as under previous Presidents, on grounds of national security...
Much of the growth is expected in programs that are self-explanatory and simple to use. At present, complexity and cumbersomeness bedevil the software industry, creating an obstacle to even greater acceptance of microcomputers. Says Raymond Kassar, chairman of Atari: "The key for the industry is to develop software that is understandable. Everybody is saying their software is easy...
Alfred Hitchcock, 80, much mimicked master of cinematic suspense who in 53 meticulously crafted films concocted riveting nightmares of evil that set the world squirming, and sometimes laughing (albeit nervously), at the anxieties that bedevil just about everyone...
HANOVER, N.H.--The curse of 1979--dormant through Harvard's opening four victories this year and abetted by a fired-up and superior Dartmouth team--returned to bedevil the Crimson Saturday afternoon...