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Terrorists thrive on publicity. Their pawns are not only prisoners, but also unwitting or undisciplined news organizations. Only the media can deliver an international propaganda forum. With the cooperation of the media, a small band of hijackers can manipulate a superpower. Without it, they fail in obscurity...
Orders began pouring in for the machine, which Jones named for the resemblance of its pulleys to the outline of the nautilus, a type of shellfish. Devotees ranging from athletes to starlets claim that the Nautilus machine builds firm bodies with unbeatable speed. But skeptics say that Nautilus machines fail to give the heart much of a workout. In a report published in April, two researchers claimed that a Nautilus routine is no replacement for running, swimming and other aerobics...
...charged with preserving the essential freedoms of speech and movement guaranteed in the Faculty's Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities (RRR). Coercive tactics cannot be condoned when rational arguments fail to persuade Harvard students and officials. The task of upholding this incontrovertible principle is exceptionally sensitive, and one that the CRR is especially qualified to fulfill...
...even if, as the Pakistan case shows, its mere existence is no defense against espionage or theft. Only more stringent, worldwide security measures will work in combating proliferation by criminal means. Supplier nations need to impose stiffer penalties on individuals and firms that either violate atomic export restrictions or fail to investigate the bona fides of would-be purchasers...
...nonproliferation policy, specifically as it is directed at Israel. While Israel's special relationship with the U.S. makes it an exceptional case, Washington's attitude toward Jerusalem, as Van Doren puts it, "could prove to be the Achilles' heel of our nonproliferation policy." Other would- be nuclear powers cannot fail to note the high levels of U.S. economic and military assistance bestowed on Israel despite its bomb-in-the-basement status and draw their own conclusions about the universal sincerity of U.S. antiproliferation efforts...