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...Reagan's "peace through strength" motto that asserts the need for an offensive system so powerful that it deters a first-strike attack. But the clear difference is that Bundy does not propose a widespread build-up, but rather "enough" on both sides so that neither nation can knock the other out in a single blow...
Kennedy's funeral left the nation numb -- but not for long. Once again, confrontation took over. Kennedy's death widened the cleavage between those who still saw redemption from the country's agonies within conventional politics and those who wanted to knock the system down. The two sides slouched toward each other at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago...
...picked up by 90% of CBS affiliates, more than carry the network's current offerings. Hall's show also will reach 90% of the country with its lineup of independent stations. But producers and network executives are busily trying to lower expectations. "It's foolish to think you can knock off an institution like Carson just because you arrive on the scene," says CBS vice president Michael Brockman. Asserts Lucie Salhany, president of Paramount's domestic television division: "We're not out to get anybody. There's room for us all." Can this be the beginning of a kinder, gentler...
...height, but in the southern town of Ambalangoda the streets are nearly deserted, save for police and army troops on patrol. Under orders to open the shops of Ambalangoda, the uniformed men move up and down the streets, using the butts of their automatic rifles to knock the locks off the shuttered storefronts. The shopkeeper would gladly comply, but that could cost him his life. A general strike has been ordered by the People's Liberation Front (J.V.P.), Sinhalese extremists who do not hesitate to signal their displeasure with bullets. "People are afraid of the army and even more afraid...
...Look at the Miami Dolphins. They throw for 500,000 yards but they also throw five interceptions. And those interceptions knock off 400 yards."--Michigan Coach Bob Schembechler on his football team throwing the ball 25 times or less...