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...city, which has been destroyed and rebuilt several times, became the temporary center of the Jewish religion in 70 A.D., when the Roman army sacked Jerusalem...
...superpowers were released from the suicide pact of nuclear deterrence, they might be more likely to get into a conventional war. Since the knowledge of how to build nuclear weapons would still exist, it might then be only a matter of time before one or both superpowers rebuilt a nuclear arsenal. Finally, many students of the Soviet system and mentality believe that Kremlin leaders will never give up their ultimate weapons, since military strength is both the symbol and substance of their power, and the major compensation for their many weaknesses...
...After the bombardment by British and American warplanes, the building's shell was left standing, and although the interior was badly burned, some original details remained as clues to the materials Semper had used. The acoustics--vivid and unforced, warm and full-bodied--are a particular triumph. The rebuilt Semper Opera disproves the notion that acoustics are still a hit-or-miss proposition: just build a classic horseshoe of wood and plaster, and fill it with statuary and curtains, then sit back and savor the beautifully blended results...
...over credit guarantees look like a warm-up skirmish. To Stockman and Secretary of Agriculture John Block, the current farm troubles are a sign that 52 years of heavy Government involvement in agriculture have led both farmers and taxpayers to a dead end. Rural prosperity, they believe, can be rebuilt in the long run only by a long-overdue and surely painful transition to a leaner system that forces farmers to compete with little Government aid in markets at home and abroad. Says Block: "This country can no longer afford large, explosive, open-ended budget expenditures (for farm price supports...
...system in the East, and Amtrak, the national passenger railroad. At the time, the entire rail business was chugging toward the scrap pile. More than a decade of refurbishing and streamlining, however, has given railroading a shiny new look. Amtrak and Conrail, stoked by $18 billion in subsidies, have rebuilt their equipment and images...