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...Russians' defensive style is less sophisticated. In fact, the goaltender is the first-and final-line of defense. The Soviet defensemen do not use their bodies to deter opponents as willingly or as often as their N.H.L. counterparts, and the Russian forwards backcheck hardly at all. But with Vladislav Tretiak guarding the goal, there seemed to be little need. He averaged 39 saves in the four games he played and astounded observers with his catlike reflexes...
Those arguments did not deter the Soviets, who were hard at work on their TU-144, or the French and British, who had already ridden out an SST crisis...
...animals or the building and equipment of a laundry, clothing store or restaurant. Even so, the widely held belief that estate taxes have mightily contributed to the decline of the family farm is difficult to prove: few if any statistics exist to document it. That is not likely to deter politicians of either party from harping on the belief as they pursue the farm vote this year...
MacBride then read a 1,000-word sentencing statement, with frequent interruptions from Squeaky. "The only way to deter you from further violence," he said, "is to separate you from the society with which you can't agree." His sentence: life imprisonment (though she becomes eligible for parole in 15 years). Fromme is the first person ever to be convicted under the law, enacted after the assassination of John Kennedy, providing for a prison sentence up to life for an attempted murder of a President. Recalled MacBride afterward: "That gal didn't bat an eye when I pronounced...
ENERGY. Both Reagan and Ford would eliminate price controls on domestic gas and oil to encourage industry to discover and develop new wells. Says Reagan: "The problem is not a lack of energy. It is Government regulations which deter, rather than promote, the extraction...