Word: impor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...view from ground-based obser vatories is of great impor tance as well. It was with the mammoth 200-incher at Palomar Observatory in California that Astronomers David C. Jewitt and G. Edward Danielson first spied Halley's, on Oct. 16, 1982, when it was more than 1 billion miles from earth. Ever since then, most of the world's major telescopes have been trained on the comet at some point. At Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., Astronomers Lawrence Wasserman and Edward Bowell have calculated 40 points on the comet's route at which it will pass directly in front...
...turned out, they did-for reasons having at least as much to do with their concept of the nation's mili tary needs as their desire to see arms control continue. The Chiefs felt that their civilian colleagues in the Pentagon, Weinberger and Perle, were overrating the impor tance of throw weight. The Chiefs argued that what gave missile warheads their ability to threaten ene my silos was their accuracy, not their destructive capability, and accuracy was not a function of throw-weight. Also, they were determined to see START preserve limits on launchers, and the lower the better...
...Harvard authors recommend that the U.S. work harder in areas of arms control that now seem of lesser impor tance but that may turn into hotbeds of U.S.-Soviet nuclear competition. One important example: an attempt to prevent the development of antisatellite weapon ry, which ultimately threatens the communication between the superpowers and their deterrent forces. Strengthening of that communications network, they say, should be among the top U.S. defense priorities. The Harvard authors oppose the development of the B-1 bomber and have reservations about the deployment of sub marine-launched nuclear cruise missiles. But they support the Stealth...
...offering a look at one of the world's most impor tant dramatic institutions at its very best-a'rich, culturally resonant blend of acting, sets, costumes, music and dancing that is likely to remind gaijin of grand opera melodrama, situation comedy and Richard III all at once...
Harvard Psychiatry Professor Donald Russell believes that Reagan, not Foster, was central to Hinckley's psychology, and several colleagues also doubt the impor tance of the movie-star crush. Says Rus sell: "He was obviously out to get these father figures." Hinckley's eclipse by an elder sibling was critical, says Chicago Psychiatrist Irving Harris. "The young brother tends to be overshadowed. If the man can't find a socially accepted chan nel, he can become an assassin...