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...News put out its first extra in 33 years, printing 27,000 copies. Large morning papers provided exhaustive coverage the following day, filling in the gaps left by television news. Abroad, the shooting received al most as much coverage as it did in the U.S., with papers like the Rand Daily Mail in South Africa and the Times of London devoting then- entire front pages to the story...
...RAND analyst has observed, however, the counterforce strategy is severely flawed, because it ignores both Soviet perceptions of these U.S. innovations and the fact that the "counterforce balance" is, and will remain, in the United States' favor. The most frightening aspect of the U.S. pursuit of a counterforce capability is the possible Soviet reaction. The deployment of faster, more accurate counterforce weapons may serve only to increase Soviet reliance on a launch on warning concept. Under such a policy, the Soviets would launch their land-based ICBMs at the slightest hint of a U.S. attack for fear of having them...
...1950s Joe McCarthy backs down at outcry of millions dirty old men over subpoena of Sally Rand Bubble Dancer...
...most serious prophecies, Next uses the Delphi method, a common-sense technique that was invented in 1950 at the Rand Corporation and classified secret for a decade. Experts answer questions anonymously; their answers are combined and shown to them; they are told who their fellow experts are, and then they answer the same questions again. Since they do not meet face to face, the most articulate or prestigious among them do not exert undue influence, and the discovery of how impressive their fellow experts are seems to make everyone weigh his answers more carefully the second time around. Using Delphi...