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...basic facts about nuclear weapons is that few people really believe or can imagine that they will ever be used. As a result, any discussion of nuclear plans and possibilities assumes a certain air of unreal horror. And yet, short of a drastic change in the international situation or in human nature, the leaders responsible for a nation's security cannot rule out the possibility of a nuclear war. Hence, one of the most painful and long-deferred decisions facing Washington is whether or not the U.S. should install an anti-missile defense system. The U.S. and Russia...
...race. The evolution of women's rights has made the underlying assumption of this special preparation obsolete. This need for the elimination of some of the formerly sacrosanct aspects of the traditional women's college has created an ambivalence in the Wellesley administration toward structural change. Compared to the drastic revolution in women's rights over the last 30 years in the United States, surprisingly little social change has come to Wellesley. And what has changed has done so very slowly...
...past four months, the British national press has been undergoing the most severe crisis of self-confidence in its history. First, an outsider-Canada's Lord Thomson-took over the London Times, symbol of Fleet Street stability. Then Harold Wilson's economic squeeze caused a drastic cutback in advertising. Finally, last week, a report confirmed the newspapers' worst fears: the industry is in dire trouble...
...Baltimore paper, quoted an unnamed player as saying the chief complaint was against the NBA television contract. "We've got to do something drastic," the player reportedly said...
Harvard Law School, like Harvard everything else, is the favorite. Of the Harvard '66 graduates in law schools, 44, or 23 per cent, are at Harvard. This is a drastic decline from '65, which sent 71 students to Harvard Law School. Six of the Cliffies are at Harvard. The University of Pennsylvania Law School ranked second with 20 Harvard '66 students and one Cliffie. Eighty-four per cent of the Harvard graduates who applied to law school were admitted to at least one, and acceptances were almost twice as frequent for magna graduates as for non-honors...