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Reactions at the Pentagon illustrate the pitifully short-term view of world peace held by many pointy-nosed bureaucrats. Even before the report had been acknowledged by the SDI office, one human cog in the military-industrial machine was busy refuting its conclusions. Speaking on the condition that he not...

Author: By Barnes C. Ellis, | Title: A Burned Out Weapon | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

ALICE HERSELF remains subdued and sleekly elegant against the odds of a double-life and a harrowing operation-room job, while her husbands are both puffy-faced, big-nosed, blustering and apopleptic. Between his son's radical politics and a six-million-franc lawsuit he's filed, Philippe is in...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: A Testimony Against Men | 11/8/1985 | See Source »

HARVARDEDGE DARTMOUTH QUARTERBACK: Senior Brian White lived up to his preseason billing last week at Cornell, connecting on 15 of 23 passes. Despite a slow start, White has experience and talent. Look for him to open it up today. Can run and pass. Knows Multiflex. * QUARTERBACK: Big Green signalcaller David...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: The Scouting Report | 10/19/1985 | See Source »

These criticisms may, on the surface, appear somewhat harsh, but the pervasiveness of the realities discussed are in our view considerably worse. The failures described above are merely one regional and class-specific example of an underlying malaise that encompasses Blacks at every level. It is this underlying unity that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Let the Debate Begin | 10/9/1985 | See Source »

He speaks after seeing the preliminary results of a nationwide HHS survey to be released next spring. It shows that 80% to 90% of Americans still do not get enough exercise. The Public Health Service defines that as anything that boosts heart and lung performance to 60% or more of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: The Shape of the Nation | 10/7/1985 | See Source »

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