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...hottest concerns in the Pentagon, strongly emphasized in SMP, is that the U.S. military is losing its historical edge in weapons technology. While the Soviets continue to stress their traditional strength in numbers of tanks, planes and artillery, said Weinberger, "they have more weapons of higher quality and higher capability." He noted, for example, that the Soviets have installed a U.S.-designed state-of-the-art radar, obtained through espionage, in many new fighter aircraft...
Soap-Powders is a brimming piece of choreography, filled with wit and invention and a certain brash confidence. At 29, Morris is the hottest young choreographer in the country. His Seattle-based troupe of 13 dancers is in heavy demand, and other signs of success are visible: bookings in Europe, commissions from established ballet companies (Boston, the Joffrey), a program on next season's PBS Dance in America series, invitations to pump some life into grand opera productions. (Morris choreographed the Dance of the Seven Veils on alternating sopranos in the current Seattle Opera production of Strauss's Salome...
Each year, less than half the student body bothers to vote for council representatives. Even a referendum on divestment, supposedly one of the hottest political issues of the year, failed to capture the time or interest of even a small majority of the student body...
Only three years ago, Commodore International of West Chester, Pa., was the hottest name in a hot game: home-computer sales. Its Commodore 64 was the Volkswagen of computers, a low-cost, dependable model that became the best- selling machine in the business. The company's earnings reached a record $144 million in its fiscal year...
Political movements, like Hollywood hostesses, are sometimes judged by the star power of their guest lists. By that standard, the 1,500 delegates who gathered in Washington last week for the 13th annual Conservative Political Action Conference had every reason to congratulate themselves for having arranged the hottest party in town, and many proceeded to do so with gusto...