Word: inferior
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Critics believe that the U.S. gave up too much and failed to anticipate Russia's growing technological sophistication (see page 25). "In the interim agreement (SALT I), we agreed to inferior numbers, but the Soviets did not agree to inferior technology," says Senator Jackson, echoing the concerns of Defense Secretary Schlesinger and the Pentagon...
...problem but claimed that "any specific regulatory provision would raise grave constitutional questions under the First Amendment." That failure to act, said Ann Scott, legislative vice president at the National Organization for Women, is "desperately serious. They are still allowing girls to be taught that they are inferior...
...Soviet Union would find itself at a further disadvantage. As enormous new oil revenues begin to flow into the Arab countries, there is little inclination to spend them in the Soviet Union. Credits for inferior Soviet technology no longer amount to such an attractive deal. Iraq, the current epicenter of Soviet in fluence in the Middle East, is turning once again to the West for technology and investment. The country's biggest project, a $120 million deep-water terminal on the Persian Gulf, is being built by a Texas outfit and a West German company. A major expansion...
...buyers by far in recent years have been the Japanese, who have bought an estimated $300 million worth since 1967. Prices for emeralds in Japan have more than doubled in the past two years, and a dealer can be assured of at least a 20% profit on even an inferior stone. But none of that does much to help the Colombian government. It must either find a way to quash the esmeralderos or accept the frustrating fact that its vast gem deposits add up to nothing more than a green elephant...
...more important for current undergraduate life, the problems posed by Radcliffe's ownership and Harvard's administration of the Quadrangle Houses have become more apparent in the years since the non-merger merger was negotiated. From the outset the two older Quad Houses--North and South--have been physically inferior to those at the River. This is a problem that can only be solved by additional construction or large-scale renovation. But when Harvard took over the administration of the Radcliffe Houses, it was assumed that the distribution of furnishings provided to Harvard undergraduates would be equalized. The fact...