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...says, has the power to destroy the Soviet Union several times over?and vice versa; adding to the number of American missiles would be futile. An enemy can be killed only once, his reasoning goes. He believes the U.S. needs only a "sufficiency" of arms to deter the Soviets, not a superiority, and that sufficiency already exists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detente: H.K. v. J.S | 11/17/1975 | See Source »

...delayed. The male-female ratio of approximately 3:1 in the Yard, and the total absence of women in the Union dorms, makes freshman social life, at best, disheartening. Grouping of freshman in the Quad would add a sense of physical detachment to the existing social isolation, and further deter freshman assimilation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INSENSITIVITY OF 1-1-2 | 11/7/1975 | See Source »

...MISSILES. When it comes to missiles, there are two different emphases. One is a weapon in case of war, and the other is a weapon to deter war. The Pershing is in the second category. The Russians have equipped three Arab nations, Syria, Egypt and Libya, with two types of ground-to-ground missiles: the short-range Frog and the medium-range Scud. The Lance is like the Frog, and the Pershing is like the Scud. In the overall considerations of how to avoid war, a balance of missilery can help. I look at the Pershing as a component...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Israel Will Not Be the Party' | 10/6/1975 | See Source »

STRATEGIC BALANCES. The scales are even. I believe the Israeli army is still better motivated and trained [than the Arab forces]. If it has the same generation of technology as the Arabs, it will be able both to deter and to cope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Israel Will Not Be the Party' | 10/6/1975 | See Source »

...days for the Red Sox and great days for baseball, both of which people are afraid to admit may be waning. And Lynn himself, and all-American nothing-too-flashy, cocky but thrilled-to-be here folks golden boy for so the press likes to portray), does little to deter these flights of fancy. Hell, he's an old-fashioned talent, graceful as a gazelle, and when he swings the bat your heart leaps out of your chest. Thank God he's white...

Author: By Richard Turner, | Title: Introducing...the Boston Red Sox | 7/15/1975 | See Source »

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