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...first glance is that it takes a reasonably sound economy to maintain repression at home and oppression abroad. The IMI money will indeed help Pretoria correct its payment deficit That in turn will allow the white minority to "keep Blacks in their place" and continue a massive arms build-up that will insure dominance over Namibia...
Already, Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker has indicated he will support public jobs legislation and reductions in the American military build-up which Reagan is certain to oppose vigorously...
...despite the media build-up, Woods' aerial circus never got off the ground Saturday. The Crimson secondary continually came up with the big play, appearing to catch as many passes as Princeton's receivers did. In all, four Harvard defenders gathered in six of Woods' throws, good enough for a share of the Ivy League single game record, first...
...long periods of time until detonated from the ground. Jastrow most fears the Soviets may someday have enough such killer satellites to abruptly declare the space above the USSR off-limits to American reconnaissance satellites. This, he says, would cripple our present ability to monitor the Soviet arms build...
...among rival powers seems to have few adherents in official Washington these days. Hamilton's thesis is regarded by President Reagan as a dangerous illusion that should have been shattered by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Moscow's role in bringing repression to Poland and the steady build-up of the Soviet Union's nuclear arsenal. The Administration's approach has outraged Washington's European allies, who, like Hamilton, see trade as a lubricant that can ease international tensions...