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...over intermediate-range nuclear missiles are irrelevant. No matter what the outcome, the U.S.S.R. can simply take some of its ICBMS and submarine-based missiles now aimed at us and retarget them at Europe. Unless the talks on intermediate-range missiles are linked to a massive reduction, if not outright elimination, of strategic nuclear missiles, the negotiators are wasting their time...
Although Ruggles license was not denied because of an outright church veto, the commission still granted the resuturant a rehearing after the Supreme Court's ruling on the Grendel's case...
With so many Republicans expressing skepticism, it hardly seemed surprising that most Democrats reacted with outright hostility. "He spoke of fairness," said House Speaker Tip O'Neill, "but insisted on retaining the third year of his unfair tax program and insisted on protecting the defense industry from the same level of austerity that he wants to impose on domestic programs." Indeed, if there was any bipartisan spirit, it was one of shared displeasure over the centerpiece of Reagan's State of the Union address: the budget he has submitted for fiscal 1984, which begins next October (see following...
...years in the Beanpot the team didn't really play that well," he says. "Who knows the reason? My first two years we had a young team, but last year we had 12 seniors." As for the infamous "choke" rap on the Eagles. O'Connor doesn't deny it outright. "Everyone blames Len Ceglarski, but there are 25 guys out there...
...Administration. Despite their strong mutual ties to the U.S., Japan and South Korea have long had only the chilliest diplomatic regard for each other. From the Korean side, the attitude is understandable: for 70 years, the country was systematically bullied by Japan's rising military might, including the outright Japanese annexation of the Korean peninsula in 1910. South Korea regained its independence following World War II, but even today polls indicate that Japan is the country most hated by South Koreans, ranking higher in their contempt than Communist North Korea...