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...fresher in the '60s and early '70s, when American strategic power held a vast advantage over the Soviets. Directly related to this war memory is Russia's intense desire to keep Germany split. In a sense, Soviet domination of Eastern Europe is justified in the Russian view as a "buffer zone," with E. Germany serving as the forward bustion between the homeland and any future aggression. Four, even paranoia, of a reunited Germany, backed by the United States, rules Russian policy concerning Europe. The Soviets therefore viewed the talks as a means of essentially ratifying the postwar occupational boundaries...
...established the Soviet and Western "buffer zones," from which neither have made substantial deviations. These zones are built on conventional force deployment: tactical nuclear weapons came later. As they were developed, they were integrated into the battle plans of each alliance as weapons of potential use rather than deterrence, like ICBMs. And now Euromissles have arrived to add to the confusion...
When the Elis built a 10-point buffer with just 2:38 remaining, it looked as if they had weathered the Crimson storm. But two Greg Wildes free throws with 54 seconds left brought Harvard to within three. Eleven seconds later, the cagers got the ball and a chance to narrow the difference to one. But, just as at similar points throughout the year, the ball refused to fall for the Crimson, and Yale hit the free throws that put the game away...
...first half of play both squads seemed equally matched on man-to-man defense. The Huskies gained momentum in the last two minutes of the period and carried a nine-point buffer into the second half...
Cicero can claim some recent ethnic diversification. About 5,000 Mexican Americans live on the shabby eastern edge of town, a sort of buffer with black west Chicago. Some 400 Asians live in Cicero as well. "Slant-eyed people may look funny," says a white Cicero truck driver, "but they work hard, stick to themselves, and keep their places clean...