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...Soviets first wanted to ban SLCMs in START and later subject them to stringent limits. Some American military experts have argued that SLCMs are among the nastier creatures to emerge from the Pandora's box of nuclear weaponry, and that the U.S. should agree to ban them. They predict that the U.S.'s technological edge will prove temporary, while the geographical "asymmetries" between the superpowers are permanent -- and favor the Soviet Union. Key American cities and military installations are near the coasts, therefore easy marks for Soviet SLCMs, while comparable Soviet targets are deep inland and protected by the most...
Even with yesterday's committee victory, Isaacson and Barrett hesitated to predict the bill might finally pass the Legislature this year, saying they feared the 1988 election year would shorten the legislative session and could cause some lawmakers who supported the bill last year to change their minds...
...small, slightly goofy revelation, an old Hollywood side of them that has turned up in Washington, a detail endearing and unbidden and embarrassing. Ronald Reagan has always been a lucky man. Perhaps he and his wife find that the zodiac is a means to codify, organize and predict his luck. Movie stars are suckers for astrology, partly because their business is even less rational than the rest of American life. Great egos need great horoscopes...
...Frank Keefe, the Massachusetts secretary of administration and finance, who has worked for the Governor since 1975. "What he'd spend lots of his time doing is what he likes best: traveling around the country, convening task forces, talking with Governors and mayors, promoting regional economic development." Longtime advisers predict that Dukakis would chafe at the constraints of life in the White House and try to break out of the splendid isolation of the presidency through nonstop travel. Says DeVillars: "There'll be plenty of work for advance men in a Dukakis presidency...
...Asked to predict the outcome of the race, JohnDimarchi '91 said, "I'm hoping to get babes. Idon't feel any pressure as pre-race favoritesbecause our captain, Jeff Shaffer ['91], is fromCleveland and has a lot of experience withgarbage-filled rivers...