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Carter stressed his continued support of the "triad" defense system. The president said he believes the current fleet ofB-52's is capable of providing the air-attack portion of America's nuclear strike force for at least the next decade...
...pressure is on Norway. Up until now, the pattern has been for the Soviet navy to hold major exercises off the Norwegian coast twice a year. Last week, for the second time in less than three months, units of the Russian navy-including the new star of the Soviet fleet, the 40,000-ton aircraft carrier Kiev-took part in practice maneuvers in the northern Norwegian sea. The exercise included an unusually strong display of air capability. The 40 or so ships and 30 submarines involved in the operation were only part of the Murmansk-based Soviet Northern Fleet, which...
...Line trains that will shoot you down under Mass Ave are the top of Boston's subway fleet. The Red Line has the plushy-cushioned seats, and it has the milk run through the city from the local (elitist) seat of higher learning to the local pseudo-quaint suburban town of Quincy Center. The Red Line is good for long, dark rushes under the streets, but is also boring. Its best feature is on board--the spectrum of people riding between the Square and Boston. But beyond Washington station the passengers get boringly respectable and well-dressed...
Seattle Slew thus entered a small enclosure of racing royalty that includes Gallant Fox, War Admiral, Count Fleet, Citation, Secretariat. And with a particular distinction: alone among the Triple Crown winners, Seattle Slew has a perfect record. The Belmont Stakes was his ninth trip to the starting gate and his ninth run to the wire as a winner. In the week before the Belmont, there was little doubt among backstretchers that Seattle Slew would complete his sweep. Secretariat Owner Penny Tweedy Ringquist, whose Spirit Level took his shot at Slew and lost, said: "Seattle Slew is head and shoulders above...
...revolution in Ishmaelia had barely begun, but on Fleet Street the publisher of the daily Beast was already telling his correspondent precisely what coverage he wanted: "A few sharp victories, some conspicuous acts of personal bravery on the Patriot side, and a colourful entry into the capital." Such was the quality of African reportage half a century ago, as described by Novelist Evelyn Waugh in his hilarious classic Scoop. To officials of modern-day African nations, as well as those of other developing countries of the so-called Third World, not enough has changed since Waugh's day. Western...