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...like the army's success with the old M-60 tank and the unreliability of its high-tech successor, the extravagantly costly M-1, and on the strategic folly of basing the country's naval defense on 13 huge and vulnerable aircraft carriers. Hart's criticism has become a focal point in the sea of criticism of the military...
Slightly larger than a cigarette case, the new camera does everything but process film. It performs a split-second analysis of distance and brightness, sets the proper exposure, activates a flash if needed and advances the film while the flash recharges. The focal length is so short -12.5 mm - that everything from 4 ft. to infinity is in focus at all times, eliminating any need for a lens that turns and focuses. Two of the three new models can snap objects only 18 in. away...
...trouble, for which Waugh is really responsible, comes after Sebastian takes up a drunkard's residence in the remoteness of North Africa. When he leaves-for the last several hours, he is never seen-he takes with him the story's focal point and vitality. Like many narrators, Charles is a reactor, someone who responds to people more interesting than himself. When he is forced to stand in the spotlight, he does not know what to do, and therefore does nothing...
...President and substantial authority to coordinate policy among the Pentagon, the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency. Allen, who was subordinate to Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese, had neither. Says a senior presidential aide of the job's new status: "We want to have a single focal point at the White House for State and Defense. Because of the personality problems, it didn't work out that way in the past...
Under this plan for university-wide competition. The Game would cease to be the focal point of Yale-Harvard weekend. Instead, a contest between the presidents of the universities would become the center of attention. To make the presidential joust as fair as possible, each top official would be allowed to select the event of his choice. A. Bartlett Giamatti of Yale would most likely choose a debate on the ethical responsibilities of the university in society. Derek Bok of Harvard would probably choose to take on Giamatti in a one-on-one basketball game...