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...asymmetrical situation and you propose equal reductions, it still leaves the gap. Our proposals were sharp reductions that brought us down to parity. I do not think this Soviet proposal would do that. The other thing that I think is of concern is the composition of it. They would count everything, no matter where it was, that might hit the Soviet Union. They would not draw any distinction between aerial bombs and missiles. In order to get the reductions, we would be brought down very far below the number of their warheads. There is a limitation on range of cruise...
...other major pitfall in the Soviet plan, from the U.S. perspective, is the method of counting offensive weapons. The Soviets propose a 50% reduction in all "relevant" systems, those that can reach the other superpower's territory. But they count the "relevant" systems very differently from the U.S.--and in a way that is blatantly unfair...
...Soviets climbed on an old and familiar hobbyhorse by insisting that American intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) capable of hitting the Soviet Union be counted--and accordingly limited--as "strategic" weapons. All American Pershing II missiles in West Germany and Tomahawk ground-launched cruise missiles in Western Europe, plus many carrier-based and land-based tactical aircraft in Europe and Asia, would be counted as strategic. Soviet medium-range bombers, on the other hand, would not be counted, nor would the Kremlin's intermediate-range missiles, most notably the triple-warhead SS-20, even though they could wipe out Western...
...Olympic Games can be almost as important to broadcasters as they are to athletes. The network that carries the Games can usually count on huge worldwide audiences and hundreds of millions of advertising dollars. As an added bonus, viewers tend to go on watching the network's shows for months after the competition ends. Last week the International Olympic Committee announced that NBC had won the rights to the 1988 Games in South Korea by agreeing to pay the Seoul Olympic Committee at least $300 million. If the Games generate enough ad revenues, the network could pay as much...
...voters in twelve of the country's 26 cantons, including rural Appenzell, where women are still denied the right to vote on local issues. Among disappointed supporters of the old order was a Roman Catholic priest from Lucerne, who complained, "It all proves that old family virtues no longer count...