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...prospective deployment but cancel it altogether. The simplicity and boldness of the scheme appealed to Reagan, and it had the advantage of seeming to give some of the noisier Europeans what they wanted. Pacifists and critics of NATO in Schmidt's Social Democratic Party had called for the Null-Losung, the "zero solution," although for them, along with "ban the Bomb" and "zone of peace," it was part of the vocabulary of European neutralism. Thus Perle was able, in a single catchy phrase, to appeal to both European leftists and the conservative new American President...
...imagined that they could do what Kubrick couldn't: influence the course of the arms race. Fearlessly armed with the facts and logical arguments, but rarely a smidgen of dramatic or narrative strength they can call their own, the anti-nuclear advocates carry on despite 20 years of null impact on American or Soviet policy. It's ironic that until very recently, both this nation's nuclear strategists and their foes still relied on vintage 60's ideas, one set from the Rand Corporation and the other from Columbia pictures...
After more than five years of adhering to a treaty that the Senate has never ratified and that Reagan the Candidate called "fatally flawed," hard- liners in the Administration have just about won their battle to render the accord null and void. In his announcement last week, Reagan stressed that the Poseidons were being dismantled primarily because they are old and inefficient and would cost too much to refurbish. Accusing the Soviets of committing a pattern of treaty violations, Reagan said that once the number of cruise missiles on B-52 bombers puts the U.S. over the SALT II limits...
Taking these steps will not be enough, of course, because the damage has been done; unquestionably, many alumni have already voted. If these steps are not taken immediately, the election for the Board of Overseers would be illegitimate, and should be considered null and void. The Undergraduate Council
...member Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, which is studying reunion. The Cardinal indicated that the Vatican is prepared to end centuries of refusal to recognize Anglican priests as legitimate, a stance that was formalized in Pope Leo XIII's 1896 decree that Canterbury ordinations are "absolutely null and void." If accomplished, that change would clear an important reunification hurdle. But as part of the arrangement, Willebrands asked for a formal Anglican statement of agreement with Rome on all essential doctrines regarding the nature of the Eucharist and the role of the priesthood in celebrating...