Word: doren
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lyndon Johnson crazy? This is the question that transforms Richard Goodwin's account of the 1960s, Remembering America, from an eloquent narrative into a bizarre romp around the psychoanalyst's couch. After beginning with a fascinating account of the Charles Van Doren quiz show scandals, Goodwin winds up with elaborate discussions of LBJ's bowel movements. The result is both controversial and trivial, leaving Goodwin to contemplate rising book sales and a sinking reputation...
...boosters have since learned that the Brazilian pepper is a hardy trespasser, resistant to burning and with a proclivity for overrunning cleared land. It now covers thousands of acres along the Everglades' Atlantic and Gulf coastlines and has begun to establish itself among coast-loving mangroves. This worries Robert Doren, a research-management specialist at the park. "Many game fish and shellfish come in to feed or breed among the roots of the mangroves," he explains. "Without the mangroves, you might see the end of most of the estuarine fishery in south Florida...
...puts it, "a miracle." The nonproliferation treaty and the safeguards system still provide a vital framework for preserving the miracle. It is significant that the countries considered to be the greatest proliferation risks today are those that refuse to sign the treaty. That is proof, says Proliferation Expert Van Doren, that "most countries have some respect for their commitments." Says Herbert Kouts, chairman of the department of nuclear energy at New York's Brookhaven National Laboratory: "I am convinced that without the treaty and the agency, a multitude of nations would have gone nuclear by now. The nonproliferation safeguards have...
...some point the U.S. will have to come to grips with a double standard in its own nonproliferation policy, specifically as it is directed at Israel. While Israel's special relationship with the U.S. makes it an exceptional case, Washington's attitude toward Jerusalem, as Van Doren puts it, "could prove to be the Achilles' heel of our nonproliferation policy." Other would- be nuclear powers cannot fail to note the high levels of U.S. economic and military assistance bestowed on Israel despite its bomb-in-the-basement status and draw their own conclusions about the universal sincerity of U.S. antiproliferation...
...jeansmaker, in January will begin selling its Wrapid Transit collection of break-dancing fashions in red, purple, blue and black. The twill pants ($25) will be loosely tailored in the legs and reinforced in the seat and knees. The jackets ($30) will be sleeveless, with six pockets. Van Doren Rubber of Anaheim, Calif, has produced a special red-black-and-white version of its Vans wrestling shoe ($32), designed for break dancing's fast footwork...