Word: breakthroughs
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Even more worrisome to some experts is the possibility that the Russians may already have made a breakthrough in the development of an anti-missile missile as a result of their last test series. But when a newsman brought up that possibility at President Kennedy's press conference, the President declared that "the problem of developing a defense against a missile is beyond us and beyond the Soviets technically. I think many who work in it feel that perhaps it can never be successfully accomplished...
Argentine cattlemen also have designs on Asian and African beef markets, but they are counting on greater U.S. sales for the big breakthrough. The U.S. imports $263 million worth of beef a year, all of it cooked or canned because of rigid laws prohibiting imports of fresh or fresh-frozen beef that might contain the virus of foot-and-mouth disease. Most imported beef goes into hot dogs and canned stews, or is brought in as canned corned beef. Last year Argentina got only $15.3 million of this business (one of its biggest customers: Campbell Soup Co. for its beef...
...policymakers emphasize that a test-ban treaty would have little if any effect on the balance of power. Since both East and West have more than enough nuclear warheads for any conceivable conflict, the only way either side could gain a decisive strategic lead would be through a major breakthrough in missile delivery systems, which would not be covered by the test ban. In any case, nuclear technology is now so advanced that weapons such as the anti-missile missile can be developed entirely in the laboratory. Furthermore, no Western statesman believes that a test-ban agreement will restrain...
Sulking Sultan. When a breakthrough seemed near, Abdul Rahman flew to London, sat in his hotel suite waiting for the signing ceremony. When a last obstacle appeared, Sandys persuaded Lee to iron it out privately with the Tunku. The final agreement compromised on financial issues. Singapore will loan money to the Borneo territories rather than give it outright, and a federation common market will gradually replace Singapore's freeport status...
...must reach. Power men are convinced that atomics will surmount this competition when the second generation of reactors arrives. Last week the AEC announced that its Idaho Falls testing station has generated electricity for the first time from plutonium, which actually re-creates itself as it produces power. That breakthrough will speed the arrival of advanced "breeder" reactors that will come close to satisfying man's quest for eternal energy...