Word: longer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Indian Ocean, like Australia and Indonesia. India's lease of a nuclear-powered Soviet submarine and its acquisition of Soviet-built long-range reconnaissance planes have raised anxiety in the Australian Parliament. In Jakarta an army colonel describes his government as "concerned" about India's longer-term intentions. For that reason, he explains, Indonesia is planning to build a large naval base on Sumatra to gain quick access to the Bay of Bengal...
...considerably less open about its capability to build nuclear bombs, though many analysts believe the country has atomic components on the shelf. One official close to the Prime Minister claims that India can produce a nuclear bomb "overnight," though Gandhi said in 1986 that it would take "maybe longer than . . . a few weeks" for India to deploy A-weapons. In February 1988 India successfully tested the Prithvi, a 150-mile-range ballistic missile that can carry a payload of 2,000 lbs., more than enough for a nuclear warhead...
...updated version of the TV show Mission: Impossible, special agent Jim Phelps no longer gets his top-secret instructions by merely opening an envelope and listening to a tape recorder. These days Phelps puts his right thumb on the special pad of a black box that, after reading his thumbprint, promptly pops open and gives a laser-disc video presentation of his next assignment. No one but Phelps can open the box because no one else has his thumbprint...
...attraction of such a system is that it is virtually foolproof. Keys can be copied, combination locks cracked, and the computerized cards used to open doors in fancy hotels can be stolen. But no one can steal or copy a fingerprint. Another advantage: people who use biometric locks no longer have to worry about forgetting their keys...
Shamir initially denounced the stories as "lies," but later his spokesman acknowledged that the intelligence report existed. While the document offered no specific recommendations, it did say Jerusalem could no longer ignore the P.L.O. The intelligence assessment came a fortnight after a critical report from the prestigious Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University. In a study sponsored by the American Jewish Congress, the think tank concluded that none of the long-term peace options that either Shamir or the Palestinian leadership considers acceptable have any chance to succeed. The scholars argued that moving beyond the status...