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...fans in Hamilton haven't had an awful lot to cheer about, except perhaps Colgate's first line, which is comprised of a freshman, sophomore and a junior. They call it the ICBM Line. The "C" stands for Cyr, Joey, the freshman right winger. The "B" is for Barnett, John, the sophomore center, and finally the "M" is the first letter of Mirabelli, Rick, the junior left winger...
...Today Russia has 625,000, and the U.S. 550,000. Schlesinger and other Pentagon planners complain that the Soviets have deployed one new submarine-launched missile and are testing four new land-based missiles. The U.S. is planning a new missile for the Trident submarine but has no new ICBM in the works...
...million for advanced ICBM technology. Included in it is money for a new nuclear warhead called MaRV (for maneuverable re-entry vehicle) that could change direction in flight?something no country's ICBMS do now?to evade defensive missiles. It also would be more accurate than any existing Minuteman warhead...
...whips up around him each day is the moment when he retires to the men's room for a thorough perusal of the New York Times. One of his two outside interests is writing letters to Presidents and other political leaders on such topics as Viet Nam, the ICBM debate and school desegregation. His voluminous correspondence with four Administrations is filed in a cabinet at his ten-room colonial house in Brentwood, where he lives with his second wife, ex-Department Store Executive Frances Loeb, and their two daughters. His other interest is psychoanalysis. After some four years...
...advance; laser beams are virtually unaffected by the pull of the earth's gravity or by winds, and fly as straight as the proverbial arrow. Traveling at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second), they reach their targets literally in a flash; even a computer-controlled ICBM could not maneuver fast enough to get out of their path...