Word: forwards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what happens to the NATO strategies of forward defense and flexible response if there is no Lance...
...Forward defense is the strategy the alliance wants. It is a militarily feasible strategy, but, of course, it is not the classic defensive strategy. The classic defense is one that is mobile, trading space for time. We don't have the space to pull back, so we rely on nuclear weapons. But in a Lance- - less world, we might have to relook the strategy. The risks would increase greatly simply because we would have lessened the nuclear capability available for deterrence purposes. I for one would not like to operate at that level of risk, and I don't think...
...retrospect, I think part of it was the dearth of Blacks on the newspaper. There were only two Black executives (my brother and myself) the year my class ran the paper. Consequently, I felt that I should step forward since several Black Harvard students had told me they believe The Crimson is racist. This is thought of the same newspaper which had a president who is Black back...
...whose Broadway and London hit A Walk in the Woods arrived on PBS last week and is to open this week in Moscow, again displays wit and charm. But here he provides a much more intriguing narrative -- full of time shifts, inner thoughts revealed, imaginary moments, even a flash-forward in which the now dead grandmother describes her search for "life after eternity." This complex material stays clear, thanks to adept direction by Lynne Meadow and remarkable performances by Jennie Moreau as the girl, Eileen Heckart as her tart-tongued grandmother and especially Joanna Gleason as the woman in between...
...Government statisticians, with backgrounds ranging from economics to political science, who pore over newspapers and scientific treatises to unearth facts. They rely on more than 200 sources and spend a year putting together a single volume, at a bargain-basement cost of $600,000. Naturally, the authors are looking forward to the huge 1990 census, with its treasure trove of information. Updated data from that survey should begin to appear in the 1991 edition. If one obscure fact or another happens to be missing from the volume, which costs $32 hardbound and $26 in paperback, the statisticians can probably find...