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EVERYBODY KNOWS that the United States maintains and ever strengthens its nuclear arsenal to deter the Soviet Union from realizing its aggressive designs against the West...
Weinberger said that critics of SDI ignore theimportance of finding new ways to deter theSoviets. "The inability of our critics to offersatisfactory answers has driven them to takerefuge in narrow budgetary wrangling and criticismof our scientific abilities," said Weinberger, whohas been one of SDI's most outspoken proponents...
...pouring rain did not deter several thousand Spanish students from taking to the streets of Madrid last week. Their purpose: to protest attempts by the Socialist government to tighten university admissions and academic standards. The march, one of the latest in a series of nationwide demonstrations, resulted from a deepening concern among students that the door may be closing on the accessibility of a university degree, the traditional path to a good job and financial security. "People study now who probably would have found work before," says High Schooler Raul Cabezas. "But because there is no work, what else...
Although it is forbidden to walk of skate on the Charles River, there are no special patrols in the area, said McSweeney, adding that the "no skating" signs on the banks of the Charles are supposed to deter people from crossing it on foot...
However, the danger doesn't deter some students...