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Moscow steps up the pressure our appeal for banning space-based weapons is permeated with grave concern about the peaceful future of space," read the letter from Moscow. "I fully share this concern. To prevent the militarization of space is one of the most urgent tasks facing mankind." The author of the message was Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov, who seems to be making a habit of addressing American citizens directly. He was replying to an appeal that had been sent to him and to President Reagan by a group of distinguished U.S. scientists and arms experts who are campaigning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: Pen Pals | 5/9/1983 | See Source »

...that old text refutes Reagan's contention that ultimate evil resides in the Soviet Union and that comfort can be found only if we build up our arsenals. Said Kennedy: "Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: When Peace Is the Message | 4/25/1983 | See Source »

...while, if that student is experiencing successive academic failure or difficulty living within the College's rules of behavior. Most often, however, a far more minor adjustment in a student's circumstances is all that is required to guide the student toward successful degree completion. Whether the circumstances be grave or trivial, however, the Board's purpose remains the same--to assist every student who comes before it to obtain and to gain from a Harvard education...

Author: By John B. Fox jr., | Title: Behind Closed Doors | 4/14/1983 | See Source »

...ACTUAL THREAT to Europe has not only been magnified, it has also been blurred by the government's frequent use of falsehood as a basis of foreign policy. We hear, for example, that Soviet SS-20 missiles pointed westward are a grave and imminent threat, and that hundreds of new Pershing II missiles must immediately be deployed to offset the SS-20s. Even by the logic of the arms race--if such a thing can be said to exist--the current provocative stance of the U.S. government is absurd...

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: Nuclear Myths | 4/12/1983 | See Source »

...will weaken the carrier's already fragile finances. In the past three years, Eastern, which hauls more passengers than any other U.S. airline, has lost $158 million and run up a long-term debt of $1.9 billion in an aggressive program to expand and modernize its fleet. Voicing "grave concern" at the cost of the pact, Chairman Frank Borman fretted: "Ordinarily, an event of this nature is cause for satisfaction and relief on the part of both parties. Unfortunately, such is not the case in this agreement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wing Shot | 4/4/1983 | See Source »

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