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Richardson thinks that these mental gymnastics result from women being taught to avoid conflict and keep relationships running smoothly. This, writes the author, "may mean ignoring or overlooking discordant messages, and taking the blame for any misunderstandings." One woman in Richardson's study, who regularly went to a disco with her boss, convinced herself that the relationship was purely a business...
...launching short-takeoff aircraft. Existing Soviet carrier-type vessels, like the 37,000-ton Minsk, are equipped only for short-takeoff planes and for helicopters. Revealing the Soviet launching last week, U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said that the carrier eventually will enable the Soviets "to engage in conflict and aggression much farther from their shores...
...future debt moratorium. One of the basic principles of our foreign policy is the peaceful solution of controversies. We have not considered it useful to foment conflict or confrontation. Mexico believes more in negotiation than in confrontation...
...proved us wrong at Pearl Harbor." Senator Gary Hart, founder of the congressional military-reform movement, argues that the submarine, not the carrier, is the capital ship of the future, and points out that the Soviets have 300 attack subs to the U.S. Navy's 100. In a nuclear conflict, he insists, the carrier fleet would be vaporized in a matter of minutes...
...grinds on. Concurred Jonathan Alford, deputy director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies: "It is beginning to look like a very bleak future for the mujahedin." The new Soviet drive is certain to be one of the first topics when stalemated talks aimed at ending the conflict resume next week in Geneva. EXILES Mrs. Marcos' New Shoes...