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...budget would be headed toward an $11 billion surplus by 1989. The rise in the deficit results mainly from the 23% personal income tax cut that Reagan pushed through Congress in 1981 and his large military buildup. By 1989 increases in defense spending will almost completely offset the cuts Reagan and Congress have made in domestic programs...
...study does suggest an alternate strategy for deterring a Soviet invasion of Europe. While the threshold beyond which nuclear detonations will create a drastic "nuclear winter" is quite low it does not preclude the use of small battlefield nuclear weapons. The U.S. could use such small yield weapons to offset any real or perceived conventional asymmetry Presumably neither side would risk approaching the threshold by escalating the conflict to include medium range or strategic forces...
...with much of its super talent in Ferry on the sidelines, the attention shifted to Carrabino and Duncan. But in the opening 20, not even that deadly duo could come up with enough offensive power to offset the absence of Harvard's other ex-Rookie of the Year...
There is nothing wrong, however, with doing an obscure play. On the contrary, it can be very worthwhile, but it should then be offset in the same season by a popular play. Since students only get four spots on the Mainstage, the choices should be similar to those made by any good residential theatre. They should reflect what the community wants, and in a diverse community, this means a diverse schedule of productions. It seems that the HRDC Board and Robert Brustein, who, as director of the Loeb Drama Center, has an important vote, have forgotten that good theatre...
...enough to offset the heartbreak of racial insults and random attacks from young white thugs. The Ullahs and their children-Daughters Sonia, 15, Shazia, 14, and Samia, 10, and Son Sohail, 6-believe they are living a life under siege, and they have had enough. This year they are returning to Pakistan. "This country is not my home," declares Ismat Ullah, "but I have learned something here I'll value as long as I live: to work hard, to be tolerant and to fight and not give...