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Bush should also abandon his massive funding proposal for the Strategic Defense Initiative--an unworkable system which only perpetuates a Cold War mentality, encourages military planners to ponder a "winnable" nuclear war, and is premised on the assumption that stopping 95 percent of incoming missiles is enough...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: American Perestroika | 2/15/1990 | See Source »

...weather, often bouncing in turbulence and unable to see much beyond the murk outside the windows. After the crash of Avianca Flight 52, which killed 73 passengers just 15 miles short of New York's Kennedy International Airport on Jan. 25, travelers have a disturbing new question to ponder while they wait: Is the plane running out of fuel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Planes Just Run Out of Gas? | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

Through interesting plays on the perspective of the audience at the end of the play and with lines such as Rabbit's "You can't mix real life with the movies," the audience is left to ponder with which characters they identify...

Author: By Joe MARTIN Hill, | Title: Angelic Metamorphoses | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

...Failure is not allowed," Muslim patriarch Saeb Salam instructed 63 surviving members of the Lebanese parliament elected in 1972 as they sat down to ponder a solution for their country's devastating 14-year civil war. In fact, failure in Lebanese peace efforts has become almost customary. But after two weeks of consultations in the Saudi Arabian resort of Taif, the parliamentarians -- 33 Christians and 30 Muslims -- were close to agreement on a plan to establish a "government of national reconciliation." It calls for Muslim-Christian power sharing and phased withdrawal of the 40,000 Syrian troops who have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LEBANON If This Is Peace . . . | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

Last week the House passed a loser, but now the Senate will have an opportunity to ponder the same issues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: Angles Listen Up, Tax Tinkerers: Let's Be Fair | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

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