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...pieces of high-tech equipment and 400,000 technical documents. As a result, declares Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle, they have cut the U.S. technological lead from ten years to as little as three. For the U.S. and its NATO allies, who rely on brains to beat brawn, on "smart weapons" to counter the larger Warsaw Pact forces, the high-tech drain is a factor of consequence in the precarious balance of power...
Kennedy summed Saturday's season finale as a victory of brains over brawn: "They were big, but we had a lot more skill...
...seat gap between the two parties is deceptive because it masks the Republicans' true brawn, for it does not account for the swarm of vouthern Democrats--most of whom are far more conservative than Republican moderates--which has undermined partisan solidarity within the House. Given the ideological similarity between these deviant Democrats and the GOP. Republican strategists would be as pleased as punch to nab just 25 to 30 seats on the other side of the aisle. Such a transfer of power, all agree, would greatly facilitate the initiation of Reagan's agenda, whatever that agenda turns...
...gladiatorial physique seems a match for the colossal arena where men once fought and died. Yet brawn alone did not make Italy's Francesco Damiani, 25, the European champion in the amateur super-heavyweight division. Much of the credit belongs to his older brother Marco, who struggled to become a world-class boxer despite the handicaps imposed by childhood polio. Realizing at last that the dream was beyond his grasp, Marco pushed the oversize, underachieving Francesco into the ring instead. Says the younger brother now: "I would love to have seen Marco prove himself...
...Ludlum heroes, even though wounded, on the fun and recognized everywhere, don't roll over and play dead. Nope, they usually manage to find a woman to help and support them--Converse's ex-wife comes to the scene--and they've got plenty of money, brains and brawn to win it through...