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What is bound to impress Carter are the irrefutable signs of mushrooming Soviet military muscle. Recent testimony before congressional committees, the report by Senators Sam Nunn and Dewey Bartlett cataloguing NATO's weaknesses, and statements by West European leaders have all sounded that alarm. Exactly how much the Soviets are spending is a question that has long bedeviled the West. To begin with, the published Soviet military budget is far from a reliable guide. In addition, the Soviet Union's centralized "command" economy can order factories to sell military arms and equipment at artificially low prices. Thus even...
...nearly a decade, this has been NATO's standard scenario of an East-West war. Today, however, concern is mounting, especially among West Europeans, that this is dangerously outdated. After a recent inspection of NATO installations, Senators Sam Nunn and Dewey Bartlett of the Senate Armed Services Committee charged that Soviet forces in Europe could now mount a surprise attack, blitz their way past NATO's defenses and reach the Rhine in 48 hours. Reported the Senators: "Should the NATO alliance fail to improve its conventional war-fighting capabilities ... the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies soon...
...entrance of Kolia's tutor Beliaev (Anthony Dowell), the sky outside darkens. Ominous chords sound in the orchestra and the curtains flutter - all of which seems to signify more than just a passing storm. Immediately Mama is smitten, as is Vera, her young ward, portrayed by Denise Nunn, whom Ashton plucked from the corps to complete his triangle...
...only other song written by Walker is a bizarre number called "Pissin' in the Wind," which starts out parodying Kris Kristofferson, proceeds to self-parody, tosses in a few jokes about Walker's music buddies Guy Clark and Gary Nunn, and ends by poking fun at the folk singers of the sixties: "The answer my friend is just pissin' in the wind." It's pretty self-indulgent and not as funny as Walker would like to think...
While I have discussed with Lee Nunn (of the Finance Committee for the Re-Election of the President), the great potential of OSHA as a sales point for fund-raising and general support by employers, I do not believe the full potential of this appeal is fully recognized. Your suggestions as to how to promote the advantages of four more years of properly managed OSHA would be appreciated...