Word: paule
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spending for readiness" (training, ammunition, spare parts). The whole contretemps raises a harrowing but unavoidable question: Can the U.S. afford to pay for the defense it needs -- and just how much does it need anyway? In his best-selling book, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Historian Paul Kennedy points out that such dominant nations as Spain in the 16th century and Britain around 1900 began to fade in part because they were burdened by military commitments greater than their slipping shares of the world's economic activity could support...
...Author Paul Theroux, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst: "These books about the affairs of the White House, telling secrets -- they're obnoxious. But haven't we got a right to know those things? Aren't we obliged to know those things? The same goes for people selling snake oil and salvation. It's human weakness that they represent, but it's an American strength when they are exposed...
Ehrenreich was chosen for the panel because of her work with the union this year, and because her father is a member of the class of '63, Paul said...
Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 was originally scheduled to represent the University's voice in response to Rondeau, Ehrenreich and Wood. However, at the last minute, Jewett told Paul he could not come because of the Class Day ceremonies, so Bossert attended in his place, Paul said...
...Paul said he thought Jewett's decision not to come was typical of the University's attitude toward the event. "My impression is that they've been very keen to make this as difficult as possible," he said...