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So far, the controversy has focused on negotiations over deployment of medium-range missiles in Europe. But even a success in these negotiations-likely now that the German elections are over-will make only a marginal contribution to the stability of the U.S.-Soviet strategic nuclear relationship. And here we...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A New Approach to Arms Control | 3/21/1983 | See Source »

One result has been the growing determination to stabilize and ideally to reverse the arms race by negotiated agreement. There are at least two unprecedented aspects to the nuclear arms race. The destructiveness of the weaponry sets an upper limit beyond which additions to destructiveness become more and more marginal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A New Approach to Arms Control | 3/21/1983 | See Source »

OPEC is the residual or marginal source of supply to the world energy regime. It is the only after indigenous energy resources (i.e., hydro, coal, nuclear, oil, and natural gas) are produced at capacity levels that countries turn to foreign suppliers to meet additional needs. Most countries first turn to...

Author: By Bijan Mossavar-rahmani, | Title: The OPEC Multiplier | 3/21/1983 | See Source »

Confronted with these figures, many universities have been cutting back large programs and ending marginal ones. Columbia eliminated Egyptology, the University of Michigan closed its geography department, and the State University of New York at Albany is phasing out its Ph.D. program in French literature. Duke decided that its education...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Bleak View from the Ivory Tower | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

The film's ability to bypass all this does wonders for the tale's drama and digestibility. But it also tends to turn marginal implausibilities most glaringly, the life led by the pivotal character. Nathan, played by Kevin Kline--into enigmas that strain the viewer's credibility. And the one...

Author: By Amv E. Schwartz, | Title: Letter Perfect | 1/6/1983 | See Source »

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