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...being militaristic. Reaganites simply view security problems with the pragmatic realization that the Soviet Union does desire world domination, that the preceding is an integral doctrine of communism, that strength is quite logically an effective deterrent. It is a: unfortunate fact that merely loving peace does not provide sufficient insight to understand foreign policy realities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On Reagan | 11/7/1984 | See Source »

Nonetheless, the work has produced a wealth of biological insight. One is the idea that one oncagene, by means of a single protein product, can cause a cell to become cancerous...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: A Cure for Cancer? | 11/1/1984 | See Source »

Pulsars and supernovae not only extremely rare, but provide important insight into the evolution of stars and other interstellar objects, Seward said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Physicists Locate Pulsar | 10/10/1984 | See Source »

...condemnations of academia are often overly-harsh, often to the point of sounding adolescent. Though Wilson stops short of raging an outright attack on authority and its preceptors, his picture of religion and scholasticism is notably unsympathetic. Potential "heroes" are either washed up and disillusioned by their own insight, or undercut their own good intentions with overbearing concern...

Author: By David B. Pollack, | Title: When Angels Fall Flat | 9/24/1984 | See Source »

Merging the characters of the manservant and the King's messenger converts the monarch from a protector to a tyrant who will let his citizens suffer to increase their awe and dependence. The change derives from a genuine insight: as Pintilie notes in the program, the play is full of instances of people being spied upon, or believing that they are. Perhaps it takes an East European, schooled in the ways of the surveillance state, to grasp the political implications of that conventional element of farce. But for spectators in the American Midwest, the climactic revelation is perceptibly, persuasively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: A Schooling in Surveillance | 8/27/1984 | See Source »

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