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...fact, defense outlays would probably swell the deficit even more, in Weidenbaum's view, if industry and the private economy were capable of rapidly filling the lengthy shopping list of ships, planes and materiel that will soon be needed. They will be necessary to plug the gaps that are likely to be created when the Pentagon begins drawing together the equipment required to shape up the 100,000-man Rapid Deployment Force that Carter wants. Production bottlenecks are inevitable, explained Weidenbaum, because supply shortages exist in everything from specialty steels to castings and forgings. Additionally, a host of strategic...
...pulling the plug on Kennedy's candidacy is a delicate operation, one that Dr. Carter may be in the process of botching. Overestimating his support and the leeway it gives him, Carter revealed his vulnerability last Wednesday; he played right into Kennedy's hands by allowing himself to be baited into a shouting match that either side may lose. Carter went for the kill; the result was overkill...
...Pull the plug and you will blow their minds. They have devoured all the words and come to the final conclusion for the night. And they will hunt out more the next day, scouring the grainy photographs, the over-reactions, the ultimate threat, the burning of people who want to know the true reason, who want to see past the satellite. They plug in at night for final treatment, and Frank Reynolds will suckle them, and show them that everybody in the world hates the U.S.A...
...head is down on the keyboard waiting for the half-hearted cheer and agitated, pathetic energy that greets The Machine's rebirth. A terminal watcher walks by and says 'I think we have a casualty," and I wonder he is referring to me or the terminal, whose plug I just undid when I crossed my legs. I make a mental note never to do that again in the computer's presence...
...about why he should be elected. Outside the large windows of the tennis club, players looked in curiously from time to time to see what the lack of fuss was all about. Finally it was over. Larry Pressler set off to conquer other worlds, and Alexander Hamilton pulled the plug on his gasohol still...