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...world-class scholar of medieval history at Stanford University who was turned down in his second tenure bid has said he may leave academics and would not recommend that anyone go into the field right...
Realizing that Fragile X is more common than previously believed, doctors have begun to recommend that all children with unexplained cases of mental retardation be tested for the syndrome. At the very least, they say, such examination will reveal if the child's condition is hereditary and will enable parents to evaluate the risk of having another affected child. Fragile X can also be diagnosed prenatally by means of amniocentesis. But doctors cannot yet determine whether the fetus will be affected or simply be a carrier...
However, most students say that social life comes second to academics. "They [his classmates] don't do enough to relax, that's for damn sure. They're all sick--the clean cut ones. I recommend valium for 90 percent of the school," says Arthur C Epker, a second-year student...
Such problems, however, do not detract from the main lessons to be learned from To Win a Nuclear War. First, there are always those in the upper echelons of the American government and military who, under certain circumstances, will recommend a pre-emptive strike against the Soviet Union. There will always be some who belive, as does Richard Pipes, that "there is no alternative to war with the Soviet Union if the Russians do not abondon communism...
Once again, Reagan's advisers deserve the principle blame for this public relations fiasco. Those advisers not directly involved in the scandal were too spineless or misguided to recommend these drastic but necessary measures to the President. And those advisers actually involved in the arms deal used Reagan's reluctance to fire an employee to their advantage...