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...Capitol Hill. It has assumed a heightened sense of urgency during the SALT hearings, in which both expert witnesses and Senators have been expressing grave concern about the state of the nation's military strength. Armed with volumes of facts and statistics, they have convinced a growing number of citizens that the U.S. can no longer afford to postpone tough and costly defense decisions if it intends to remain a superpower. As a result, a consensus has been emerging that favors a stronger U.S. military establishment, something that would have seemed impossible only a few years ago. Badly?and unfairly?...
...demographic reasons, the manpower squeeze is going to get even tighter. Because of generally declining birth rates since 1960, a decreasing number of Americans will be reaching the minimum military enlistment age of 18 in the 1980s. The Pentagon will have an ever more difficult time getting enough recruits to maintain the armed forces at their present strength of 2 million. In view of this prospect, there has been a revived questioning of the concept of the all-volunteer force, which was started...
Harvard is a big name, no question about it. We know it will play in Peoria, but the question for a number of political prisoners in the Soviet Union is, will it play in Mordovia...
...physical shape since the opener, with junior offensive tackle Mike Durgin--out the past three games--returning to shore up the line. The Notebook: Senior split end Rich Horner has opened a huge lead as the Ivy League's premier receiver. His 18 catches and 281 yds, top the number two man. Brown's Mark Farnham, by six snares and 126 yds.... Harvard punter Duke Millard is tied with Dartmouth's Larry Margerum for the Ivy lead in yards per kicks with a 36.1-yd, average...
Crimson Coach Pappy Hunt commended the performances of his charges, marveling at the talent of the visitors from New Jersey. "Our performances today were our best of the year time-wise." he said. "Princeton is just good. They were number two last year in the east and they're even better this year--even stronger than I thought...