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Newspapers generally lag behind the networks in one area: breaking stories. And it's hard to expect the networks not to relish their moment as leaders of the pack. Moreover, it's not the networks' job to guard or build a respect for the electoral process. Let Timothy Wirth turn off his television set. Let those who like to know the news as soon as possible tune in. One possible compromise has been mentioned: close polls across the country at the same time, regardless of time zone differences. If this happens, the country will be presented with the clearest example...
Seven years ago, an intelligence consensus placed the Soviet Union from seven to nine years behind the U.S. in advanced computer technology. Today that lag is only about three or four years. Western intelligence sources say that a determined push by the Soviets has brought them close to achieving two of their long-cherished goals: a space shuttle and a super-booster for launching huge modules that would make up a large, complex space station. American reconnaissance satellites have photographed two big new boosters on the launchpads at Tyuratam and new runways for the shuttle. A congressional study describes...
...problem, but it's solvable." Still, investors and depositors could not help being startled. Experts had assumed that the economic recovery would already have eased the problem of bad loans. But First Chicago's setback from lending in energy and agriculture demonstrates that some industries lag behind. Said a Chicago financial-industry analyst: "This shows how fragile the banking situation is." First Chicago took its write-off at the urging of examiners from the Comptroller of the Currency's office. The federal regulators who monitor banks and thrifts are under increasing pressure from congressional legislators who believe...
...Last March, French President François Mitterrand visited California's Silicon Valley and liked what he saw. "We know that our country is late in undertaking this phase of its evolution," he told an audience of U.S. entrepreneurs. "We are making a considerable effort to overcome this lag." Yet for France and Western Europe to succeed, there will have to be a consensus for change, a renewed belief in technology and a new willingness to take the great risks that often lead to equally great payoffs. -By Alexander L. Taylor III. Reported by Lawrence Malkin/Paris, with other bureaus
...uninvent" nuclear weaponry--Schell concedes that is impossible but rather seeks to use the everlasting knowledge of how to construct nukes as deterrent against another power attempting nuclear blackmail. The difference is that, instead of the current seven minute time lapse between the commencement of hostilities and Armageddon, the lag would be anywhere from a week to a few months...