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...music. These amenities are important. Explains Rear Admiral Charles Larson, the Trident program coordinator: "The physical limit on how long you can stay out on a nuclear submarine is determined by the food and other consumables on board -and the psychological limit of the crew. There's a lot of habitability that's built into a Trident." Not to mention an enormous lethal punch, which is intended to deter war by ensuring that the U.S. can retaliate devastatingly in the event of nuclear attack. For the Ohio to succeed as a deterrent would mean that some 30 years...
...Cimino might have intended the scene more as an exoneration of the men who were called on to fight there than of the policymakers who sent them. But that is not necessarily the psychological effect upon his audiences. In any case, as Cimino rightly says, "It will take a lot of films to get at Viet Nam. It's still very mysterious...
Today the Crimson takes on Columbia at home. You can bet they'll give the Lions a lot more trouble than the average Christian...
Matthiessen reveals a lot in The Snow Leopard. Thoughts of his second wife, who died of cancer, linger on. She joined him late in the lifelong search that took him throughout the world and into the realm of hallucinogenic drugs. Together they tried everything, enjoying the experiences but never satisfying themselves. Not until Debra discovered Buddhism did they pause long enought to consider it, above their other choices, the answer. And though it did't solve all their problems--marital or emotional-- it brought some amount of order, and what Matthiessen believes is peace and understanding...
...That kind of thing should never happen, and I was a little upset about it for a while," Marshall said after the game. "But you've got to put those mistakes out of your mind, especially in this kind of a game where a lot of runs are scored. You know you'll get a chance at the plate later on," he added...