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Although public executions temporarily deter potential murderers, homicide rates soon return to their usual--or even higher--levels, two recent studies have shown...
Throughout much of his campaign, Anderson has boldly staked out positions on issues that offer a clear third choice. The fact that they may not be popular did not deter him. His 50?-per-gal. gas tax, which would be used to cut Social Security taxes, did not endear him to the nation's automobile owners, but would force the U.S. to restrict its driving and hence its dependence on Middle Eastern oil-a goal that seemed especially worthy last week as the war in the gulf continued. Anderson's opposition to the mobile MX missile...
Experts in chemical warfare yesterday disagreed over whether the development of chemical weapons by the United States would deter the Soviet Union from using its sophisticated chemical arsenal or simply escalate worldwide production of such weapons...
Speaking to a small audience at the Kennedy School of Government, John M. Deutch, former undersecretary of Energy, argued that the U.S. must develop binary chemical weapons--which combine two harmless chemicals to produce a poisonous mixture--to deter Soviet attacks with such weapons...
...allies are extremely vulnerable to chemical weapon attack at the present time. Defense measures alone cannot be relied upon to deter chemical weapons," Deutch said...