Word: packed
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Walter Mondale, 55, the popular party warhorse who currently leads the pack, will make his announcement this week. Colorado Senator Gary Hart, 45, armed with a pile of position papers and an organizational expertise learned when he managed George McGovern's campaign twelve years ago, kicked off his quest last week. Senator Alan Cranston, 68, of California, seizing on the issue of a nuclear arms freeze, made his long-shot race official three weeks ago. Of the top four contenders, only Senator John Glenn, 61, has not formally announced his candidacy. He will not do so until mid-April...
...second phase reportedly would involve deploying thousands of smaller missiles, either in much deeper holes or on special mobile launchers. The mobile option would provide the deception that the MX lacked, either in Minuteman silos or in the rejected Dense Pack proposal to cluster 100 missiles at a single site. While a small mobile missile has long been considered by the Pentagon, no significant funds have been spent in developing it. Its deployment, experts estimate, could not begin for at least seven years...
...economic malaise is painfully visible on the streets of Accra, the capital. Potholes are everywhere; government buildings have not seen a new coat of paint in a decade. In the city's once thriving central market, goods are now in short supply. An egg costs $2.20; a pack of cigarettes, $30. Many factories have closed completely for lack of materials, while those that remain open commonly operate at only 10% of capacity. Harvests of cassava, the staple vegetable of the Ghanaian diet, have fallen to 1.8 million tons, down from 3.6 million tons ten years...
Chief Justice Warren Burger began his speech with an analogy to "the early pioneer who, looking out the window of his log cabin, saw a pack of wolves." The pioneer, said Burger, could cry "Wolf!" without apology, and so too, argued the Chief, can the overburdened U.S. Supreme Court. During the past 30 years, the number of cases on the high court's annual docket has nearly quadrupled, from 1,463 to 5,311, by Burger's count, and the total of signed court opinions has jumped from 65 to 141. Warned Burger: "It is perhaps the most...
...tanned "good friends." This is strictly a movie about earning your Bud--going through the kinds of trials and tribulations of manhood that can only be rewarded with a satisfying lager. By the film's end, our hero has earned, if not an academy award, certainly a six pack...