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Some U.S. officials fear that the Soviets will seek to exploit Reagan's problems by either driving a harder bargain or refusing to agree to any arms pact for the next two years. These concerns are rarely voiced in Western Europe, which is still in shock over Reagan's willingness at Reykjavik to discuss deep?and possibly even total?cutbacks of U.S. nuclear weapons on the Continent without first consulting NATO allies. Such a move would force them to base their defense primarily on conventional weapons, in which they are considerably outclassed by Warsaw Pact forces...
...alarm bells in Washington's media echo chamber were ringing. A leaked Pentagon report had warned that the strain of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars could crimp the Defense Department's ability to respond quickly to other conflicts, and pundits were fretting that China and North Korea could exploit the vulnerability. But flying through Asia in his Air Force Boeing 737, Admiral William Fallon, the man who had taken over the U.S. Pacific Command just two months earlier, wasn't ruffled. His command - with 300,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines - still outclassed the force Beijing was building...
...alone. This concept was useful at the time of the American Revolution but is anachronistic now. Even Adam Smith said that when men of the same trade meet, they conspire against the public. Friedman's thinking provides a rationalization for government to turn business loose to monopolize the market, exploit the consumer and pollute the environment. Harry L. Cook Ashland, Oregon...
...competing Republican presidential campaigns--all knowing one another's moves and working from the same playbook. Those going to the John McCain and Rudy Giuliani campaigns already have their first juicy target: Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's evolving positions on abortion and gay rights. "Nobody knows how to exploit a flip-flop like the Bush-Cheney boys," cackled one of the brethren...
...away game that was Sacred Heart, and the recovery game which was Irvine. When we look at those three games as a group, it was more speed and quickness than we saw all season on a collective basis.” Those three teams were able to exploit Harvard’s weaknesses on the defensive end. “We just weren’t happy with our defense in any of those games,” Sullivan said. “Our defense in league play is something we have to work on significantly. We have...