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...able to come up with a treatment," he said in an interview, "the earlier we can intervene in the development of the disease, the greater the likelihood that we can make an impact on the outcome of the disease...
...talk Hoffman discussed a variety of topics, ranging from the situation in Nicaragua, to Reagan's policy towards China, to the likelihood of a war between Israel and Syria, to the Strategic Defense Initiative...
...utilize the knowledge to secure quick and easy military victory and the world would have no recourse. The U.S. and the USSR--and perhaps Britain, China and France--could keep a few nuclear weapons to deter third-party countries from seeking such advantage, but this would increase the likelihood of strategic calculations for alliances between the nations and strategies to win nuclear...
...Street Journal Managing Editor Norman Pearlstine stood by the basic thrust of his paper's story: that the U.S. believed Libya had resumed sponsoring terrorist acts, and was exploring ways of deterring Gaddafi. But Pearlstine "deplored" the Administration's "attempt to mislead the Journal and its readers" about the "likelihood of employing some of these options." A New York Times editorial summarized the reasons for the journalistic outrage: "All media, all Americans, are vulnerable because they must trust their Government to some degree. The deliberate abuse of that trust is a scandal of the first magnitude...
...Rosenthal does the great Don Mattingly no credit by debasing the competition of which he was a part. Mattingly is in all likelihood a more valuable hitter than Boggs, but to imply that he was cheated out of a batting title when the man who won it had over 600 plate appearances this season is just plain dumb...