Word: reasonableness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reason for Carlucci's participation in this dialogue was his interest in forming a judgment on a matter of fundamental concern to U.S. defense planners: whether the Soviet Union's basic military doctrine is evolving from an offensive to a defensive orientation. The possibility of such a change was first noted by some U.S. military scholars about two years...
These days, though, 10 Downing Street must be wondering if the Kuwait Investment Office is friend or foe. Reason: the Kuwaitis are still buying BP shares -- with an enthusiasm that has raised suspicions in Britain. Kuwait has spent some $1.9 billion, bringing its stake in British Petroleum up to 22%, to become BP's largest shareholder. The Kuwaitis insist that they will not seek a seat on BP's board. They initially promised not to raise their stake above 22.5%, but Fauad Jaffar, deputy chairman of KIO, seemed to waffle on that pledge during a recent television interview. Said...
Most physicians agree that yearly mammograms in addition to self-examination and regular physical exams can save lives in women over 50; X-ray screening can cut the death rate in this group by 30%. But the benefits of mammography for younger women are less clear. One reason is that younger women have a lower incidence of breast cancer than older women, so there is simply less cancer to detect. In addition, young breast tissue is denser and more likely to conceal tumors from X rays than the more fatty tissue of older women...
...Redford too: its passionate humanism is laced with wry. For Redford is not only Hollywood's last hero. He is a benevolent movie mogul, using his Sundance Institute to finance noble independent films in the pastoral mode. Alas, most of these films have been lame and prissy. Perhaps one reason Redford made Milagro was to show the young directors at Sundance that a well-meaning film can also be a good movie...
...Schorr claims, is the world leader in applied artificial intelligence, Du Pont is running close behind. Ed Mahler, the Delaware multinational's program director for artificial intelligence, says the company currently has 200 knowledge systems in use and expects to have 2,000 systems running by 1990. The reason for the explosion, according to Mahler: knowledge- processing technology is now affordable, and even the most sophisticated systems are available on personal computers...