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...Administration had had the option to build no ABM system at all, or to construct either the thin shield, aimed at blunting a strike from Peking, or a "thick" shield, designed to cope with an all-out onslaught from Moscow. As usual, Lyndon Johnson staked out the middle ground, and, as usual, he and McNamara came under crossfire from both flanks...
McNamara had long been a precise and persistent opponent of any ABM system, chiefly on the ground that in the lethal game of nuclear deterrence, the best defense is a powerful offense. But when the Russians started deploying an ABM network-however thin-around Moscow and other cities, the Administration came under heavy pressure to follow suit. The reason for the U.S. decision, McNamara told 500 United Press International editors in San Fran cisco's Fairmont Hotel, was the threat that Red China would probably be able to strike the U.S. with nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles...
Most of the other lvy League schools have recently completed or are beginning new expansion programs for their athletic facilities. Princeton recently broke ground for a new gymnasium, after completing a new outdoor complex. Dartmouth has finished its new Levarone field house. Cornell and Penn have also begun new athletic expansion programs in recent years...
Competition from the jumbo jet aside, Shurcliff doubts that many passengers would want to pay the extra fare for a three-hour saving on a transatlantic flight. Improving the ground access to airports would accomplish the same time saving at much less cost, he feels. Oother investigators agree that consumer demand will be considerably less than current predictions. B. K. Lundbergh, a Swedish scientists, published a report last month on the problem of "dead time," the fact that the short flight time will make night flights to Europe extremely unpopular, since passengers would no longer be able to plan...
...third time in history, Harvard Stadium was used for pro football this summer, as the Patriots played two exhibition games on the hallowed ground. But even the stadium couldn't help the Patriots against two National Football League foes, the Baltimore Colts and the Washington Redskins, both of which whipped the home forces...