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...viable missile-defense system has long been the holy grail of U.S. military planners. One of the earliest national strategies, conceived during the Johnson Administration and based on research begun under Dwight Eisenhower, called for nuclear-tipped rockets that could head off an incoming missile by exploding in its path. A day after Richard Nixon unveiled the first operational version, known as Safeguard, Congress shut it down, citing costs and a general reluctance to scatter warheads across the country. In 1983, Ronald Reagan called for a nonnuclear approach, inevitably nicknamed Star Wars, that would destroy missiles from space using...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brief History: Missile Defense | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...officially joined Michael as co-manager and Dwight is pissed. Really pissed. He spends the rest of the episode trying to foment a revolution to oust Jim (who, granted, has kind of been a self-righteous jerk lately). Meanwhile, Jim and Michael struggle to figure out how to distribute the cost-of-living raises fairly—since, due to budget cuts, there isn't enough money to go around...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Recap: "The Promotion" | 10/3/2009 | See Source »

...Dwight. You were definitely not at your ludicrous best today. Your last line saved you, only because we think the image of Kevin being distracted by a butterfly is hilarious… and so plausible...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Recap: "The Promotion" | 10/3/2009 | See Source »

...fact that Dwight Powell is even considering joining the Crimson is an accomplishment in its own right for Amaker and his staff. The 6’10”, 205 lb Canadian native is a Scout.com four-star recruit, ranked consistently among the top dozen centers in the nation, and has drawn attention from UCLA...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Drawing National Attention, Crimson Courts Touted Recruits | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

...practice has had some successes: President Dwight D. Eisenhower defused a row over the Suez Canal with economic sanctions against Britain; Swiss banks were forced to pay reparations to Holocaust survivors when faced with a boycott, led by some U.S. states, for harboring pilfered assets; and stiff sanctions helped convince Libya to disavow terrorism after the 1988 Lockerbie jetliner bombing. But those are generally the exceptions. "Putting a sanction on a country always seems to be an inexpensive way to address the problem," Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana has said. "Unfortunately, almost none of these sanctions have brought about change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sanctions | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

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