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...threat to the other. Communism would abolish the family, and conversely, any loosening of our traditional sex roles would weaken our defense against communism. So you did not have to believe in the natural inferiority of women, or in the necessity of their natural confinement to the high-tech purdah of American middle class kitchens, to see that there was something menacing about feminism...
Nitze even had a military justification for giving up the Pershing II. It involved deploying instead a shorter-range version of the missile called the Pershing IB. That weapon would have had the accuracy, mobility and other high-tech advantages of the Pershing II and could hit Warsaw Pact airfields, rail transshipment points and command centers. But because of its shorter range it would not be limited by the agreement...
Consumers are showing a renewed taste for extravagance. Among the most popular items are high-fashion clothes and high-tech gadgetry. Shoppers are buying Oriental rugs, videocassette recorders, fur-tipped sweaters, microwave ovens and lots of costume jewelry. In toy departments, traditional and huggable products are upstaging video games. This year's hits: Coleco's pudgy Cabbage Patch Kids (about $35) and Kenner's fuzzy Care Bears (about $23). Military toys like Hasbro's G.I. Joe have also made a comeback...
...most cases it is the direction, not the cast that proves unsettling. At one point about three quarters of the way through the play, the audience is shaken out of an absorbing drama and thrown into a high-tech world of blinding light and blasting, raucous music. An attempt by Rick Reynolds to sing is lost in the overwhelming visual effect and affront of the staging...
...addition to incorporating the latest in high-tech gadgetry, the products shown by eleven Japanese auto companies placed great emphasis on fuel economy and efficient design. Engines remain small, and reinforced plastic is replacing metal. Minicar Maker Daihatsu displayed a runabout with a 60-cu.-in. diesel that boasts 87 m.p.g. at 37 m.p.h. An Isuzu engine had ceramic parts, a first step toward the full ceramic engine, which promises up to 50% more fuel economy, 30% more power, and requires no radiator...