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...additional factor of uncertainty for the Soviets." British Defense Secretary Francis Pym justifies the nuclear modernization policy on the same grounds: "Whereas [the Thatcher] government has absolute confidence in the U.S. commitment to Europe . . . a NATO defense containing these powerful independent elements is a harder one to predict and a more dangerous one to assail...
...Color Construction, Green on White, 1917, a vertical stripe down the middle of a field, is a Barnett Newman "zip" 30 years before Newman, and her exquisite collages in the suite entitled The Universal War, 1916, with their energetically dancing shapes of pure color on a plain ground, predict the chromatic intensity and drawing of Matisse's "Jazz" cutouts...
...BOYS in Hollywood pride themselves on being able to predict the future. A few years ago--before the DC 10, Three Mile Island and the Ford Pinto entered their current slump--the batboys of the celluloid ballpark elected a new captain. His name was Irwin Allen and his product was the disaster movie. Only one of every 5000 people will ever experience an earthquake, fire, avalanche, sea wreck or airplane crash, Allen reasoned--why not give everybody the thrill of seeing (and feeling) it like it really...
...court is divided and groping over questions like abortion and affirmative action, so is the country. And while it is difficult to predict what the court will do in general "liberal" or "conservative" terms, the voting records of the individual Justices are quite consistent. For instance, Justice Stewart usually votes liberal on criminal rights, conservative on race; Byron White votes just the other way. The only truly fickle Justice is the Chief Justice. He likes to be in the majority...
...CHINA, they say, scientists are learning to predict earthquakes by studying barnyard animals. When the pigs snort and hens cackle nervously, researchers know the tectonic plates will soon commence to bump and grind, and the earth to heave...