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Some of the attempts to kill weapons were mere political posturing. The House rejected four major weapons systems, knowing that the Senate was certain to insist on restoring them. This was done so that in the resulting "compromise" the House conferees could agree to revive the systems only after receiving assurances that a lid would be placed on their costs. This tactic resulted in continued funding, for example, for the AMRAAM, a radar-guided Air Force and Navy missile that has technical problems, is more than two years behind schedule and is costing about twice the original estimates (now about...
There was a steely politeness that heightened the tension. A service had already been held for Egnes Mbongani, but would the crowd of several hundred gathered for the funeral of Elizabeth Khumalo insist on marching from the tent to the cemetery only a few blocks away? In the largest display of force since the emergency began, police and army units were on hand to prevent any such move. But the mood of the crowd was to march...
...summit. His message might be bluntly paraphrased: we are not going to let you focus entirely on control of nuclear weapons, Mr. Gorbachev. You have been milking that subject adroitly for propaganda advantage and arousing unrealistic hopes. But the arms race is not the only threat to peace; we insist on discussing the others, including those you would rather not hear about. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, for instance. And, while we are at it, your behavior in Nicaragua, Ethiopia, Angola and Cambodia. In all five nations, the President told the U.N., governments propped up by the Soviets or their...
...Carolyn Cassidy describes her job—“I’m responsible for managing the network’s interests”—sounds suspiciously like a censor. But she and other crew members insist creative differences were kept to a minimum. “There has not been any content that has been too risqué for the network,” Cassidy says...
Commodore officials insist that the Amiga is a technological marvel, rivaling in quality professional graphics systems (see COMPUTERS). The machine has a color palette of 4,096 hues, animation abilities that make soccer balls bounce, and a keyboard that sounds like a banjo one minute and an electric guitar the next. Computer buffs are impressed, but the general public seems skeptical about all home machines. WINE Guaranteed Not to Freeze...