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...Reagan actually proposed such a plan before. It was outlined in a White House position paper on defense in October 1981: "We will expand ballistic missile defense research and development for active defense of land-based missiles. We will develop technologies for space-based missile defense...
...recognition that defensive systems could upset the nuclear balance was the propelling force behind the 1972 ABM treaty, the only arms-control pact that binds the two superpowers. It declares: "Each party undertakes not to develop, test, or deploy ABM systems or components which are seabased, air-based, space-based, or mobile-land-based." The Administration says that merely undertaking research into such a project does not violate the treaty. Indeed, the Soviets have been spending perhaps as much as five times the U.S. amount on laser technologies and weapons, although they apparently have not developed such devices for knocking...
Three years later, Kiss quit competitive swimming to focus on coaching full time, hoping to develop new ways to build tougher, swifter swimmers. He has not stopped since. Today Kiss is head of the Hungarian national swimming team, and he is turning his country from a fringe player in competitive swimming into a global force, one that's won aquatic medals at every Summer Olympics since 1988. In the process, Kiss is establishing himself as perhaps the most imaginative coach in the history of the sport...
...Vegas has worked hard to conserve water, paying residents to replace thirsty lawns with desert-appropriate landscaping. The city's overall water use has dropped since 2002, even as population and visitor numbers have continued to rise, and Mulroy thinks Las Vegas still has room--and water--to develop smartly. "It's not whether you grow but how you grow," she says...
...Year, first-team All-Ivy, ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first team, All-Northeast Region second team, and most recently one of 30 candidates for the Lowe’s senior CLASS Award—are not what matter most to Madick. Working with her teammates, developing as a unit, winning—those are things that count to Madick.“I don’t feel any pressure to win, I just want to win,” Madick says.If Harvard is going to defend its Ivy title, Madick will have to show her teammates...