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...last week's show of force somehow seemed contrived, it was partly by political necessity. In the nuclear age, particularly after Viet Nam, the U.S. is perforce muscle-bound. It may have enough firepower to flatten the globe, yet Presidents are understandably loath to use force except under the most tightly circumscribed conditions. There is public opinion to worry about, as well as Congress and nervous allies, not to mention the Soviet Union. Even the Pentagon, still smarting from Viet Nam, is chary of waging war without unequivocal support...
...exports and imports for the third quarter. By year's end the trade deficit will probably reach $145 billion. As the dollar weakens, the deficit should diminish. Said Alan Greenspan, a New York City-based economic consultant: "The share of imports in the American markets will start to flatten out and that will remove a negative factor that is pressing down the economy...
Kennedy, who many regard as the guiding spirit of the nation-wide CLS movement, is perhaps the most recognizable leader of radical legal thought. A bearded, flamboyant and endlessly controversial figure, Kennedy hopes to use CLS theory to "flatten hierarchies" and expose students to CLS thought...
...employees.) The $1.2 billion purchase would unite two of the three dominant eastern railroads and forge the largest U.S. freight line, with 34,000 miles of track. The third big railroad, CSX, which runs the Chessie and Seaboard lines, complained that the merger would create a giant that would flatten rivals like pennies on a rail. Some companies who ship by train agreed, contending that fewer railroads would mean higher rates. Railroad unions declared that the consolidation would cost thousands of jobs...
...that stony light-heavyweight Georgian whose Olympic misfortune or fortune it was to ignore the referee's signal and flatten a New Zealander on the break. For knocking himself out, he was awarded the bronze medal. Still the broadcasters and promoters took Holyfield over a number of gold medalists, like Heavyweight Henry Tillman, who must have had a Garden seat somewhere, since all tickets were free. From a passageway he watched Holyfield step out against a hardheaded brooder with no choice but to be a fighter. Lionel Byarm has Joe Louis' face...