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...chart page 18), but bigger missiles?with up to 120% more throw weight. The U.S., however, has almost twice as many warheads on its missiles. Thus, as Harvard Professor Paul Doty puts it, "If you are a [U.S.] hawk, you argue throw weight, and if you are a dove, you argue warheads...
...electric apprehension filled the room as Joe Whelan, a member of the National Union of Mineworkers (N.U.M.) national executive, rose to speak. "As far as I'm concerned," he began, "I'm preachin' to the converted. But let us pray: O Lord above, send down a dove, and on his wings place razors, to cut the throats of those nasty blokes, who cut down miners' wages...
...some quiet checking in Washington, found some top officials who had private doubts, and became a dove in 1967-one of the first top Democrats of his stature in the House to break with Lyndon Johnson on the war. "Tip," said Johnson, "I never thought you'd do this to me." Fearful that his district would turn on him, O'Neill sold his position so effectively that the G.O.P. did not even bother to run a candidate against him in 1968, or since...
Carey, who plays a bit like Phil Jackson of the New York Knicks, dove to the floor several times to recover loose balls and get the Crimson's running game going. Cary, a sophomore, finished with four rebounds...
Among both the law's defenders and its opponents, some highly unlikely political coalitions sprouted. Its sponsors in the Senate included New York's Jacob Javits, a highly vocal dove in Viet Nam's latter years, and Armed Services Committee Chairman John Stennis, an unabashed hawk. Both men agreed in this instance that Presidents Johnson and Nixon arrogantly evaded their responsibility to consult with Congress about Viet Nam. The measure's opponents included Vice President-designate Gerald Ford, who argued that it would damage the President's "credibility" in handling international crises like the current...