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...areas. By 1973 the Soviets had achieved parity in numbers of strategic delivery vehicles and superiority in throw weight (the total aggregate weight of warheads). Thus resort to strategic nuclear war became less and less credible. The prohibitive price of a nuclear exchange was as likely to inhibit resistance as to discourage aggression. "Better Red than dead" turned from a parody into a program...
...absence the letter might have been retyped with my suggested changes. The Soviets recognize a windfall when they see it; within hours an acknowledgement from Brezhnev arrived in Washington. History will not record that I resisted many grants of authority. This one I resented bitterly; "full powers" can inhibit rather than enhance negotiating flexibility...
Furthermore, as the majority so eloquently states, the establishment of a committee does not a true commitment entail-quite the opposite, it seems. An inter-disciplinary committee of women's studies would only inhibit the reform of prejudices that exist in extant departments. Perhaps the only positives aspect of a new department would be the introduction of courses and seminars dedicated to re-examining areas traditionally biased against women, and in developing a greater understanding of women's role and contribution in academics. This is notably a role not adopted by the committee advocated by the majority-a body which...
Inexperience is another thing that should not inhibit the would-be cyclist. Most competitions, both intercollegiate and open, have two categories, one for experienced bikers and one for novices, Bob Ellis, director of intramural cycling at Princeton, said yesterday...
Barger believes further controls will inhibit creative research. "One cannot advance science by dictation," he said. While, as Barger points out, "in any society there are going to be one or two culprits," the animal activists look at any single case of apparent animal abuse as proof that more controls are needed...