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Animal Behaviorist Benjamin Beck of the University of Illinois at Chicago calls attention to still another human delusion, the species bias. Says he jokingly: "On tests for giraffes, where intelligence might be equated with neck length, humans test out below horses and ostriches."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Birds May Do It, Bees May Do It | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

That seems unlikely, but much may depend on how convincing a case CIA Director William Casey and other intelligence officials can make to congressional intelligence committees at closed-door hearings this week. Presumably they will repeat an argument that several Administration officials began making privately to newsmen last week. What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arguing About Means and Ends | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

The SALT agreements of 1972 might well have achieved the objective of strategic stability. But both domestic and technical factors caused the accords to become increasingly controversial. The Viet Nam War and Watergate disintegrated the political consensus behind our defense and arms control policy just when technology was undermining its...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A New Approach to Arms Control | 3/21/1983 | See Source »

Last Stands, Hilary Masters ∙The Nuclear Delusion, George F. Kennan

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Editors' Choice: Jan. 17, 1983 | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

THE NUCLEAR DELUSION by George F. Kennan; Pantheon; 208 pages; $13.95 WITH ENOUGH SHOVELS by Robert Scheer; Random House; 285 pages; $14.95

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Critique and a Caricature | 12/27/1982 | See Source »

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