Word: perfectly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...supporters of the Strategic Defense Initiative (S.D.I.) increasingly argue that a defense need not be perfect or even near perfect to be worth building. Their vision is of a system that would wipe out a high enough proportion of attacking warheads to shift the odds dramatically against a Soviet first strike's succeeding. According to this view, deterrence would not be transcended, as Reagan dreams, but it would be vastly strengthened...
...mirrors would detwinkle the beam and reflect it to "battle" mirrors in low earth orbit. The battle mirrors would aim the laser beam at missiles or warheads. The mirrors would have to be gigantic, as much as 90 feet in diameter for the geosynchronous variety, and of almost unimaginable perfection; the slightest pitting or warping could cause a laser beam to scatter. Chemical lasers would need aiming mirrors (diameter: 30 ft.) atop their satellites too, and those mirrors would also have to be just about perfect. Star Wars Supporter Edward Teller considers fleets of laser satellites and orbiting mirrors...
Disney brought in its own tree expert, who keeps a book on every tree in the park. Says Hovland: "His image, German accent--everything was perfect. He couldn't explain why the tree fell. And if he couldn't, who could? The jury decided it was an act of God." Disney's squeaky- clean employees ("who all wore Mickey Mouse watches and buttons," notes Hovland) testified in reverential tones. Sighs the attorney: "You'd ask them who designed this ride, and they'd say, 'Walt.' " Disney also requested an on-site visit for the jurors, a common company tactic...
...jobs they generate. Pressing a case against the company on its home ground, contends Florida Attorney James Sisserson, is "like suing God in the Vatican." Lawyers find they have to tread a very fine line, says Hovland, between admitting "we all love Disney and noting that even the most perfect person makes a mistake once in awhile." But jurors by and large remain unconvinced about Disney's fallibility...
...Rupert Cadell (Mark Dolan), that the privileged few have the right to commit murder is adopted up by the deeply emotionally and intellectually insecure Brandon (Cyres Sanal). Brandon assuming he is one of the privileged few, sets out to test Rupert's philosophy by attempting to carry off the perfect murder. He kills a Harvard graduate (David) and has a party the night of the murder where he and his accomplice entertain David's parents, his fiance, a romantic rival and Rupert. The unsuspecting guilty anxiously await David's arrival dining all the while on the chest it which...