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Poland. Haig has spent much tune in his early weeks working out a strategy to deter a possible Soviet invasion. He has won general agreement from the European allies that breaking political and economic ties with the Soviet Union would be the appropriate response. How to shore up Poland so that it can maintain a tenuous independence from the U.S.S.R. is another question. The country is on the verge of economic collapse and needs $11 billion in new hard-currency credits to stay afloat, but Haig is unwilling to organize a Western rescue effort unless the Warsaw government promises...
...case, as enthusiasm grows for what gene splicing may eventually be able to accomplish, the debate has become moot. Chief Justice Warren Burger himself acknowledged this when he declared, in the 1980 patent decision, that no one will be able to "deter the scientific mind from probing into the unknown any more than Canute could command the tides." What both the public and scientists can do is to ensure that this insatiable inquisitiveness is channeled to serve the common good. So far, the proud record of gene splicers seems to bear out the hope that it will...
...tactical weapon claim it is more "unmoral" than other nuclear bombs, partly because it can kill people without destroying buildings or vehicles, and partly because it is easy to use. The accusations do not make sense, since the weapons might actually help deter a Soviet armored blitz against Western Europe and thus diminish the danger of war. The real problem with the neutron bomb is essentially political: because of internal opposition in a number of European countries to the stationing of new U.S. weapons on their soil, the key NATO allies are likely to continue to resist deployment...
...plus figure will probably not deter potential applicants to the College...
Most members of the committee agreed with this plan, and its de-emphasis on final exams but felt it would encourage "sick-outs" rather than deter them...