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Remarkably few tears are shed in Sister Age, but those that fall linger in the memory. In Moment of Wisdom, a tired, frail old man, as "dry as a ditch weed," comes calling at the homestead outside Whittier with Bibles for sale. The twelve-year-old girl who answers the door refuses a Bible but offers a glass of water. As the old man walks away, the child is astonished to find her eyes filling up. She thinks: "If I could have given him something of mine . . . If I had next week's allowance and had not spent this...
After three months of deliberations that included 28 full meetings and consultations with hundreds of experts, the eleven-member Commission on Strategic Forces brought forth its 26-page final report last week. There were few surprises. The blue-ribbon panel, appointed last January by President Reagan as a last-ditch attempt to find a home for the orphan MX missile, recommended the prompt deployment of 100 MX missiles in existing Minuteman silos and research on silo "hardening." For the long term, the panel proposed the development of an unspecified number of smaller (15-ton) single-warhead missiles with a range...
...with a sawed-off three wood at age six and had him defending the family honor with it by seven. The Watsons were vacationing in Colorado, and father and son were about to tee off when the starter objected that the child was too little. Pointing to a ditch in the distance, Ray Watson struck a bargain. If Tommy was able to carry the hazard, could he play? It was agreed. Seven is young to feel that kind of pressure, but Tommy played that...
Before long, the Saudis made a last-ditch effort to seal the cracks in OPEC'S unity. At a meeting in Bahrain of seven of the organization's members, Yamani offered to lower the Saudis' production quota if the others would accept new ceilings and stick to them. The ministers reached a tentative agreement and decided to convene a full OPEC meeting in Geneva...
...what has become an annual Reading Period rite, computer students are crowding the Science Center terminal room in a last-ditch effort to complete semester projects...