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...international behavior of the Soviet Union [under Andropov] will not necessarily differ much from the behavior under Brezhnev, except that Brezhnev as a person was deeply afraid of the possibility of war. How does Andropov compare with him? My feeling is, if I may oversimplify, that Brezhnev was a Russian soul as we think of a Russian soul from having read Dostoyevsky or Pushkin, whereas Andropov is a modern computer filled with Russian software...
Which brings us to parity. Officially, the Soviet Union favors parity with the United States, but the nations' definitions differ. For Moscow, parity is not simply an equal level of forces but also an equal position in world affairs, including the license to meddle in Third World affairs as the Americans do. What emerges from Holloway's appraisal of Soviet policy is their determination to assert their status as a world power, which, despite Reagan's denials...
...Professors and three national student organizations, decided that the spectacles had grown both embarrassing and morally dangerous. The groups issued a statement that condemned heckling that silences speakers on college campuses. "Unless there is freedom to speak and to teach," the statement said, "even for those with whom we differ on fundamentals, and unless there is freedom for all to listen and learn, there can be no true college or university...
Because the scope of the work in the as assessment and the current plan differ drastically, many items now proposed do not appear on the 1981 document. But several items are comparable...
...other was a jovial Englishman who smokes Cuban cigars, drives a $60,000 custom-made Cadillac convertible and cracks jokes about himself as a "good ole boy" who "drills a little oil and raises a little beef on his 2,000-acre ranch near Dallas. Their personalities may differ, but the two millionaires have much in common. Both Edwin Wilson and Ian Smalley were on trial in Texas, in unrelated but remarkably comparable cases, charged with masterminding elaborate arms-smuggling deals in the Middle East...