Word: counters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Western alliance is in the uncertain hands of a trigger-happy cowboy. A growing mood of pacifism on the Continent, suffused with latent anti-Americanism and guided in part by leftist forces, threatens NATO's plan to modernize its nuclear forces. The President will attempt to counter this attitude in a series of interviews with European newspapers and television stations as well as in his speeches to Britain's Parliament and West Germany's Bundestag. According to a ranking White House official, Reagan's address to Parliament will stress "the unity of the West...
...some critics have argued that Thatcher's strong initial reaction and abrasive tone may have made it impossible from the beginning for the macho-minded Argentine leaders to make concessions. But Thatcher's supporters-and on the Falklands issue, that includes the vast majority of Britons-would counter that her government's belligerent stance was the only possible response to the original outrage of seizing the islands by force. Possibly Britain's greatest error was allowing the Falklands dispute to come to such a pass in the first place. Snaps one senior U.S. diplomat: "The British...
Intelligence analysts do not believe that all the new Soviet satellites are still in orbit. While their U.S. counter parts have longer life spans, most Soviet spycraft cannot sustain their low or bits for more than two weeks. As a result, the Soviets tend to launch more satellites more frequently than the U.S. When political crises arise, Moscow increases its output of satellites. During the 1973 Middle East war, the Soviets launched them at the rate of about...
...nearby Parachute, where the population had quadrupled, to 1,200, in the past year, the outlook was also bleak. Jack Ross, 42, owner of the Valley Cafe, looked over his half-empty lunch counter and grumbled, "We're going to go out of business. That's all there is to it. We won't be able to pay the electric bill after this week." In a case of remarkably unlucky timing, the new Parachute Plaza Motel opened its doors last week. The only guests were a few reporters covering the Colony closing. Town officials...
...Rindge and Latin High School and it has been one of the few official vehicles for Third World Harvard students to initiate special programs and air their hopes and disappointments with Harvard University. If The Harvard Crimson would have been as receptive and sensitive to minority students as Dr. Counter has been, then we all could begin to communicate as equal partners. Without communication and understanding racial harmony remains simply an abstract idea. Mare A. Francis '83 Joseph A. Russ '83 Deborah Alvarez '83 Foundations Staff Members