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Although it is not clear from your recent (March 22) article on "Researchers Defend Use of Pounds' Dogs", a number of members of the Harvard Community do oppose the Massachusetts Pound Seizure Law, which is currently on the statute books, and which allows laboratories to requisition dogs from Public Pounds. It was Harvard researchers who, in 1956, were instrumental in the passage of the law, and today Harvard is by far the biggest user of pound dogs in the state, accounting for approximately...
...ballistic missiles--anti- missiles, in essence--because it was feared that one power confident of its defensive forces might launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the other. Thus, when President Reagan revive the anti-missiles idea, this time in satellite form, it provoked immediate outcry from those who defend deterrence. In this light, it is easy to understand the alarm felt in American defense circles when it appeared that the Soviet Union had achieved first-strike capability--the ability to attack and wipe out our land-based nuclear forces--seriously eroding the credibility of the American deterrent...
...sticks to it, "there is no chance of an agreement." Moreover, he grumbled darkly that if the U.S. goes through with the deployment of the Pershing IIs and cruises, "then the Soviet Union-there can be no doubt-will take the necessary measures in order to defend its legitimate interests." Gromyko did not amplify, but other Soviet leaders have hinted that the U.S.S.R. may station medium-range missiles close to the U.S., possibly on submarines off American shores...
British and French missiles should be left out of Geneva bargaining, the statement asserted, because "these forces are national strategic deterrents designed to defend France and Britain," not the other West European countries menaced by the SS-20s. "To include aircraft [in the missile bargaining], as Mr. Gromyko suggests, would divert attention from the most threatening and destabilizing systems and complicate the negotiations." And SS-20s stationed in Asia must be included because these highly mobile missiles could easily be shifted westward and retargeted on Western Europe in a crisis. The statement concluded: "The Soviet Union owes the world...
...only is it stupid and boring, but the players are getting paid too much to play a kid's game. Baseball has lost its virginity. It has been infiltrated and corrupted by money." Then the discussion takes the predictable pseudo-intellectual turn when the baseball haters attempt to defend soccer or lacrosse as better sports. In my opinion, that's just plain silly...