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...crux of the military self-justification was its claim that security officials had a mandate to "annihilate subversive elements." The point is crucial to the many unrepentant officers, who fear a civilian probe and possible prosecution after the scheduled October elections. To stave off this prospect, the report flatly stated, the military would submit to no further questioning. Ominously, the military also warned that having once saved the nation from terror, it would not hesitate to "do so again...
...fact, fair market value, the crux of the issue, is virtually impossible to calculate. The Government, which owns an estimated 34% of the nation's 475-billion-ton coal reserve, has routinely leased public land for coal extraction since 1920. In 1971, in order to evaluate its procedures, the Government declared a moratorium on federal coal leases. The hiatus, which did not end until 1981, effectively froze the market for coal leases, making future evaluations of tracts difficult. A 1976 reform requiring new leaseholders to mine their fields within ten years or forfeit their rights further complicated the mathematics...
...crux of Spinney's analysis, titled The Plans/Reality Mismatch, is that the Administration's $1.6 trillion military buildup (which would amount to $20,000 for each U.S. household over the next five years) is likely to be underfunded by as much as 30%. This means that unless major new weapons are eliminated or other drastic changes made, the final bill may be $500 billion more than expected. The latest findings are a sequel to a 1980 Spinney report, Defense Facts of Life, which argued that the pursuit of complex technology has resulted in the production of weapons that...
Another possibility, Catlin explains, is that, unknown to the person worrying, the exam may not even be the crux of the problem. "Sometimes, something is presented as an exam problem, and [the exam] turns out to be the tip of the iceberg. It could be career anxieties, emotional problems, problems with their family or roommates. It's festering--and then if a problem comes along, like an exam, it [the exam] can be seen as the reason for getting help." For some, "exams are a source of anxiety, when really there are underlying concerns they haven't confronted," Catlin says...
...former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Simcha Dinitz last week, "will not be over the possibility of annexing the West Bank or establishing a Palestinian state, but over reconciling Israel's wish for secure and recognizable boundaries with the interests of the Palestinians." That, indeed, has been the crux of the Middle East problem since 1948. Tanks, guns and bombs have never solved...