Word: elementals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...improvements made in the Star Wars radar and guided missile control system designed to allow the plane to attack the enemy in darkness and bad weather. Critics question the value of such sophisticated radar, leaving aside its cost, because its use can alert the enemy and spoil any element of surprise. In addition, the Hornet is now overweight by about 1,500 lbs. and has problems accelerating and maneuvering...
...excuse Horner's action because it avoided besmirching the name of fair Radclife is to miss the ethical boat entirely. Her lobbying is questionable precisely because it was an individual effort, compelled by no institutional imperatives. As The New Republic reported last week, the Riyadh telex was but one element in a massive Saudi lobbying effort for the AWACS sale--an effort targeted and American corporations anxious to secure lucrative contracts with the Saudis. The corporate leaders accompanying Horner clearly felt a need to advance their corporate interests; that does not make their lobbying excusable, but it does make...
...dismayed at the "creative" solution to the problem of the poverty draft as put forth by editors who disagreed with a Crimson editorial which opposed the military draft. Although creativity is a key element for the success of progressive causes in the U.S., it should not step on basic principles for which we progressives fight like peace and equality...
Another bright spot was the discovery of an element of basketball that had previously seemed esoteric: the rebound. Harvard boxed out and underneath and grabbed a respectable 35 rebounds, compared to 37 for Brown, a significantly taller team...
...down a decade and a half of inflation." Adds Philip Hummer, a partner in the Chicago securities firm of Wayne Hummer & Co.: "The financial community gets very emotional about these high deficits. It is absolutely wrong to say that they do not matter. The trend is the most important element of all, and the deficit trend right now is terrible." Financiers showed their pessimism about the economy's future by pushing up the interest rate on 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds last week to a record 14.56%. In late November the rate was only...