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...rebel forces in Afghanistan. The Pentagon study estimates that the Soviets now have 105,000 troops there, up 30,000 since the invasion three years ago. It also charges that they have violated international treaties by using chemical weapons and "scorched-earth tactics." The Soviets have even deployed their brand-new Su-25 Frogfoot attack plane, designed to provide close air support in battles. Nevertheless, they have been unable to control the Afghan countryside. Says the study: "After more than three years, the Soviets find themselves embroiled in a counterinsurgency campaign that cannot be won with current force levels...
...ideal solution to the overcrowding at Massachusetts Hall, the result of Bok's decision to appoint five vice presidents instead of the traditional one. When the University's main governing board set up shop there, it relieved those concerned that "the library syndicate would move in and build a brand-new library complex," says a senior University official...
...Tucson, Carleton Admissions Director Dick Steele discovered that lanky Eric Schocket was a cross-country runner. Said Steele: "We have a brand-new, $250,000 all-weather track and a 450-acre arboretum that is laced with running and cross-country-skiing tracks." Eric was impressed but said he wanted to become an engineer. Steele suggested that he think about attending a small liberal arts school that also had a strong engineering program and mentioned Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. Eric was even more impressed. Said he later: "That's the first time I've heard a college...
...equally taken for granted. Yet, all of a sudden, consumers are being urged to jettison their old view of the phone as a utilitarian item and look at it as a fancy new entry on a shopping list. Local Bell System companies, as well as AT&T's brand-new baby, American Bell Inc., are beseeching customers to buy telephones instead of leasing them, and even to plug more of them into their homes. Department, specialty and discount stores are getting into the act too, stacking shiny new phones next to the portable TVs and toaster ovens...
Throughout the 1960s, the Government marshaled extraordinary resources to accomplish a pair of Promethean feats: Americans were dispatched to the moon, and the country was overlaid with a brand-new web of nonstop superhighways. The space program remains a source of national pride. The Interstate Highway System? Most people take it for granted, except when they hit an unfinished stretch and find themselves rerouted along old, slow roads. Yet the Interstate has had a singularly profound effect on the way Americans live...