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...missiles with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles, known as MIRVs. The way in which ABMs provoked MIRVs is the classic paradigm of an ''offense-defense spiral.'' The resulting proliferation of MIRVs has been one of the most disruptive factors in both the preservation of strategic stability and the quest for arms control. Today the stockpiles of the superpowers are roughly comparable in overall size, and the U.S. has an edge in some weapons (such as cruise missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles). But the Soviets have an advantage in a key category: accurate, destructive warheads on ICBMs. They have...
...Iraq. But they do make clear that those differences are not black and white but rather different shades of gray. For McCain, the first priority remains a stable Iraqi nation-state, and he is willing to risk ever more American blood and treasure over the coming years in that quest. For Obama, the first priority is an exit from the country, and he is willing to risk civil chaos in Iraq and a loss of American influence in the region...
...rush on to find safe, clean sources of energy, news of leaks at two different French nuclear sites could not have come at a worse time. Concern over the incidents is rekindling questions about the safety of France's giant nuclear power grid and could complicate the country's quest to become the world's leading purveyor of nuclear technology...
...emotionally devastating, but O'Connor the athlete had to move on. She saddled another horse, a thoroughbred named Mandiba, to continue her Olympic quest. Then she suffered a more common form of sports heartbreak. On July 15, the U.S. Equestrian Federation named its five riders for the eventing team. Eventing is the triathlon of equestrian, a competition that combines dressage (the so-called "horse ballet" in which the rider guides the horse through a series of movements), cross-country riding and show jumping. O'Connor, a two-time Olympic medalist and one of the most decorated riders...
...Sisulu once told me that his great quest in the 1950s was to turn the ANC into a mass movement; and then one day, he recalled with a smile, "a mass leader walked into my office." Mandela was tall and handsome, an amateur boxer who carried himself with the regal air of a chief's son. And he had a smile that was like the sun coming out on a cloudy...