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Last spring and summer, Nitze came to believe that the chances of realizing the Administration's goal-the zero option-were close to nil. Instead, the compromise on which he and Kvitsinsky agreed called for Moscow, most significantly, to shrink the European SS-20 force from 240 to 75. In return, the U.S. and NATO would cancel the deployment of the Pershing II and cut the number of planned Tomahawk cruise-missile launchers from 116 to 75. Each SS-20 carries three warheads, while each cruise-missile launcher holds four Tomahawks. Thus, the U.S. would have been left with...
...corrupt that it should be a perfect warning to lenders. Since 1976, Zaïre's debt has been rescheduled at least five times; last year only an estimated $250 million of $946 million due in debt service was paid, and the chances of full repayment are nil...
...effort to locale troubled families in the areas they serve. The history of these children is that they will not be serviced except when they come through the courts. They won't come to anyone's attention. The history of the social services picking up these kids is nil...
...boosters tight marking resulted in the second-half goal that broke open a nil-nil Crimson wingers Lane Kenworthy and Steve Higginson had been trucking the ball wherever it roamed in Dartmouth's half of the field, with halfbacks Leo Lanzillo and Welch filling in right behind them to constantly pressive the Green's back line...
Bafalis needs all the help he can get. Despite his ten years in Congress, his name recognition by voters is almost nil. Bafalis hopes that a series of television commercials will soon fix that. Even so, he faces a formidable task in carving out a distinctive niche. Bafalis plans to focus on crime as his major issue, favoring mandatory jail sentences and an end to plea bargaining. But Graham is no softy on crime; the Governor has signed 39 death warrants since taking office. Bafalis' stance on the volatile immigration issue echoes Graham's as well; both favor...