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...Basis of Flexibility. Because the Russians see how they might fight a big war, it does not follow that a big war is what they want. There are other kinds of wars in which they might gain, with less risk to Soviet survival. They have not allowed nuclear weapons to overshadow conventional arms, and have thus retained their enormous superiority to fight non-nuclear wars, big or little. They say publicly that limited nuclear wars are impossible, but Garthoff believes they have, in theory and in practice, the capability of fighting these...
Meanwhile Nasser was in Yugoslavia, holidaying after his visit with Tito. When he gets back home, Nasser will find that things have changed in the Middle East, and the whole world convinced that he who had most to gain by the changes undoubtedly had a hand in their taking place...
...stop it. Over the past four years Cabinet after Cabinet has fumbled and drifted while inflation soared 32%. High-priced Finnish export industries lost out in vital foreign markets, and unemployment rose last winter to 6% of the labor force. In last week's election, right and left gained at the expense of the center. Many other voters stayed home in disgust. The irondisciplined Communists, while increasing their total popular vote by only 17,000, captured 50 of 200 parliamentary seats (a gain of seven...
...second quarter, Kappel noted, the number of new phones installed totaled "about 500,000-slightly more than in the first quarter," but still well below last year's figure of close to 700,000. Long-distance phone calls rose by 4% during the first half. Together, the two gains helped wipe out the first-quarter downturn in earnings. Net profits for the second quarter totaled $233 million, v. $214 million for the same quarter last year. Revenues were $1.66 billion, v. $1.57 billion last year. Said President Kappel: "While our current rate of gain is lower than...
Another view of educational problems was offered by Nolan Estes, a graduate student in the Administrative Career Program and currently on leave from the Public Schools of Waco, Texas. Estes urged that school administrators gain a better understanding of the social processes within the community, with the purposes of adapting educational programs to community needs...