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...that all of them "have warts." Nonetheless, possibly in an attempt to influence the commission, some members of Congress have floated reports that the group is leaning toward a two-phase deployment plan. In the first phase, an unspecified number of the MX missiles would be placed in existing Minuteman silos after the holes are reinforced to withstand a higher level of enemy warhead blasts. The Senate last year rejected a Reagan proposal to do just that with MX on the grounds that if the Minuteman is as vulnerable to attack as the Administration contends, putting MX in the same...
...Bruins' topranked team, but 10 NCAA championship banners are not a prerequisite for fan support. At the University of Massachusetts, a band of basketball fans has its own set of rituals. The "40-Minute Gang" sports orange pep shirts, white painters caps and painted faces for each Minuteman home game...
...destroy or at least deflect all the others. This "fratricide" theory remains unproven, but it forms the core of the justification for the "dense pack" basing mode proposed for the MX. If it will work for the MX, as the Administration claims, then it should work for the existing Minuteman silos, which can be hardened relatively cheaply...
...Minuteman junior guard Wendy Ward tallied only eight points, but she managed to keep Harvard running all night. Ward ran the UMass attack, directing traffic for her freshmen teammates and getting them the ball at their favorite spots on the court. Her sharpshooters rarely missed...
...Minuteman Karen Damminger netted a game-high 27 points. Crimson centers Elaine Holpuch and Wendy Joseph seemed reluctant to front Damminger on defense, and UMass had little trouble getting her the ball in close to the basket...