Word: likelihood
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...File is that there was no frame-up, although some of the evidence was tainted. Radosh and Milton also conclude that the penalty was inappropriate, in part because the Rosenbergs did not, as the prosecution maintained, give the vital secret of the bomb to the Soviet Union. In all likelihood, that was done by Physicist Klaus Fuchs, and he was sentenced to only 14 years. The authors answer many questions and satisfy much curiosity, but theirs is not a book that one can finish and say "Rest in peace." -By R.Z. Sheppard...
...Plea for Nuclear Balance" [July 4], I believe there is very little chance that the major powers will engage in nuclear war in the near future. There is no conceivable advantage to be gained by any party in such a conflict. Instead, the first nuclear aggressor will in all likelihood be a relatively isolated country that is affluent enough to possess the bomb but perceives its survival to be endangered by some local dispute. More attention should be paid to controlling nuclear weapons in those areas of the world than between the superpowers...
Despite this potential for misunderstanding. University officials see little likelihood that such donations present a risk to Harvard's academic integrity. "There are those who misunderstand and they don't stay around long," says Keenan of some foreign donors, adding. "I see very little danger that Harvard will take money on any terms...
Living with nuclear weapons is our only hope. It requires that we persevere in reducing the likelihood of war even though we cannot remove the possibility altogether...
...Orwellian world of the United Nations, illusion becomes reality by majority vote. Arab delegates will flock to the well-publicized summer meeting. For three days, self-righteous accusations will pollute Vienna's air and, in all likelihood, the meeting will conclude with yet another anti-Israel resolution. The Arab nations will have won a propaganda victory, and the United Nations will not have moved one step closer to ending apartheid...