Word: fatale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...outcome may depend largely on Reagan's overall political fortunes and the strength of the antinuclear movement a year or two from now. Administration hard-liners believe that no START is better than warmed-over SALT. They fear, in Rostow's words, that it would be "fatal to say we are trying to get an agreement before an election." The Soviets could be tempted to read that as a signal that they need only wait until American resolve in the negotiations cracks under domestic political pressure...
...years earlier. Now he decides to invade the space platform where Kirk's scientist son and his scientist mother are engaged in good works, creating nothing less than a new Garden of Eden. By capturing Kirk's family, Khan hopes to lure his old enemy into a fatal rescue attempt. This is the kind of situation that makes Kirk feel positively boyish. Lifted out of his psychological lethargy, he manages to can Khan and tie up the loose ends of his life. Why, with Mr. Spock helping him to plot his spiritual course, Kirk even comes rather touchingly...
...private property of American firms. After the success of Japanese onslaughts into watches, cameras, calculators and copiers, many computer industry experts are worried. Says Ulric Weil, an industry watcher for the investment bankers Morgan Stanley: "American companies must take the Japanese seriously. Not to do so would be fatal...
...hang-glider aficionados have graduated from that hazardous sport to ultralights. Says ex-Glider Daryl Kutzler, 30, of Billings, Mont.: "Hawks will come play with you. It's the closest thing to flying with a pair of wings on your back." That kind of euphoria, unfortunately, can be fatal. There were 24 deaths in ultralights last year. Some manufacturers and dealers suggest that buyers take pilot's training, including flying time in a conventional light aircraft. Many would welcome a modicum of regulation, if only to discourage the loony birds. Experienced ultra pilots, on the other hand, have...
...CONCEIVABLE, indeed likely, that Reagan would like nothing more than to belie his reputation for bellicosity and achieve an arms control pact which vindicates his "build-up and reduce" philosophy. As with Nixon's opening to China. Reagan is unlikely to be undercut by a fatal right-wing reaction should he begin treating U.S. Soviet relations as something other than an undeclared...