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...reaction to American development of new multiple, independently-targeted re-entry vehicles, to breakthroughs in missile accuracy, and to the development of the cruise missile. Adding the MX to our arsenal could only heighten Soviet fears of an American first-strike, send them into yet another frenzy of rapid nuclear weapons development, and forestall any willingness on their part to negotiate arms reductions. What we view as defensive measures can easily be seen by the other side as aggressive weapons warranting stepped-up defensive measures of their...
...falling in love with the girl next door, and his voice is strong enough to carry off his musical numbers. Weary's sweet, swooning Luisa is equally effective, and her voice is the best of the cast. Their duets are some of the finest numbers in the show--rapid musical banter honed sharp by careful rehearsal...
Speaking at the Cambridge Forum, Abram L. Sachar said the problems facing higher education include the rising cost of running a university and resulting high tuitions, the growth in the numbers of disadvantaged students, the change in the moral climate of society, and the rapid growth in the volume of knowledge in the last 25 years...
...controls, but at a higher price-of as much as $2 or so per 1,000 cu. ft. The White House argues that a hike of such magnitude would provide ample incentive to increase production, since natural gas is plentiful. But gas producers remain reluctant to press ahead with rapid development of new fields. If these fields were brought on-stream now, they would be subject to price control. If the producers wait, they reason, controls may be relaxed-and prices are bound to be substantially higher...
...sudden population surge has been a function of two opposite trends: the gradual slowing down of the growth rate in the developed nations, and the rapid acceleration of the rate in the developing countries. The experience of the developed countries gave rise to the theory of the demographic transition. It holds that societies tend to move through three distinct demographic stages: 1) high birth rates and high death rates, resulting in near stationary populations; 2) high birth rates but declining death rates, producing growing populations; and finally, 3) low birth rates and low death rates, re-establishing near stationary populations...