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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...white student walking down the hall of her dormitory at Wheaton College found a noose hanging near the door of a black dormmate three weeks ago. It was the sixth apparently racist incident to occur at the college in the last two years, said Dean of Students Niki Janus last week...
Should a nuclear crisis over occur, the object would be to restore deterrence as quickly as possible before escalation. In the event of an attack on the U.S., rapid response ICBMs (Minuteman, MX. Midgetman) force the Soviets into a "use or lose" situation. Instead of forcing the Politburo into a 30-minute decision, the best method of retaliation might come from the very slow cruise missile which takes 4-12 hours to strike. In the meantime, communication and hopefully negotiation for restoring order could get underway. "We have sustained your attack and we have retaliated in the hope that...
...late last week conjured up yet another showy stunt. He summoned reporters and played what he said was an audio recording of a Government informant threatening the automaker and his daughter if De Lorean refused to participate in the drug scheme. De Lorean has claimed such a conversation did occur, but before the new tape could be checked by experts, it somehow disappeared at the press conference. Reporters had made tapes of the tape, but poor reproduction quality will make verification difficult...
Asbestos, a common insulation material has been linked to cancer and several other fatal diseases, illness may occur when airborne fibers enter the lungs...
...outcomes had to be more military than participants might choose, just so that a nuclear situation might occur, and the decision about the employment of those weapons arise," said Campbell...