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...READ any of the latest scholarly journals and you'll notice a growing consensus among observers of the international scene that it's time for the U.S. to reduce its commitment to NATO. More than echoes of the traditional cries for greater "burden sharing" among our allies, an increasing array of academics are calling for a long-term "devolution" and pullout from our commitment to defend Western Europe and Japan, while arguing that a failure to do so will lead to long-term American decline...
...study, "Safety Assessment for Space Reactors," included a discussion of what would happen if a one-megawatt thermal nuclear reactor was to reenter the atmosphere immediately after 10 years of continuous output. The report read: "although not specifically calculated, the number of fatalities for reentry at time of shutdown or during operation would be 30,000-50,000." Translated from military-industrial- speak, this means that if the worst case scenario occurs, 30-50,000 people would be killed worldwide...
...knew the moment I read it," he says, "that it was a powerful story. What I did was to strengthen the social and political point of view, strengthen the characters, strengthen the overall quality of the film." And once shooting started, Parker took over, as a director will. The Writers Guild strike required that Gerolmo absent himself from the set; Parker apparently concurred in that ruling. Gerolmo's final arbitration: "The screenplay is mine, but the movie is Alan's. That's the way the world works out here...
...formidable stature debuts in the World section under the title America Abroad. The author is Washington bureau chief Strobe Talbott, who has unraveled the complexities of foreign policy in a wide variety of TIME stories since 1971. Twice a month America Abroad will offer readers a regular opportunity to read one of Washington's most perceptive observers of foreign affairs. Says World editor James Kelly: "Talbott has the rare ability to explore complicated issues in a manner that is lucid and provocative...
...White House 1988. Written by five TIME staffers who covered the campaign, edited by special projects editor Donald Morrison and introduced by historian Garry Wills, this concise inside story is the first book-length chronicle to reach the bookstores after the longest and nastiest presidential campaign in memory. Read it for the definitive account of how George Bush...