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...small amounts of the scholarships-which range from $300-$400-will not deter accepted students from attending Harvard, Jewett said...
Nuclear deterrence operates on the belief that war can be avoided if each side (the U.S. and the USSR) is able to deter the other from starting a nuclear war with the threat of retaliation. If the United States has sufficient arsenals to respond to an attack from the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union will be reluctant to start a war which would lead to its own devastation...
...underbelly." Said a Western Ambassador in Paris: "I think François Mitterrand is just fed up with the brazen Soviet espionage in France." Since he came to power 23 months ago, the Socialist President has demonstrated that the presence of four Communist ministers in his government does not deter him from pursuing a tougher policy against the Soviets than his predecessors...
...Andean town of Ayacucho, some 350 miles southeast of Lima. Under the pretext of defying capitalism and central authority, the insurgents have attacked isolated police stations and assassinated villagers suspected of informing against them. In January, Belaúnde sent a 3,500-man task force to Ayacucho to deter the rebels. But the guerrillas continue to pick off their enemies. In he past three years 545 people have been killed in the fighting...
...group which wants to be active by the end of the term, would patrol the campus in an attempt to stop, or at least deter, physical assaults on women...