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...Reagan emphasized that his actions were not meant to encourage the Poles to "start manning the barricades." Added Reagan: "Talk of that kind led the Hungarians years ago to take to the streets with little more than sticks and stones against Soviet tanks. We didn't want a repeat of that...
...dial. The songs provide a welcome variety among the hits on BCN, but their weaknesses becomes apparent easily. The "formula" threatens to imprison U2 in a musical cul-de-sac. Though the melodies and intros alternate between tracks, the style remains immutable. After a while The Edge seems to repeat the same riffs, and Bono seems to sing nothing but "faaaalling" and "reeejoice...
...begun to declare their dismay publicly and most are taking their protests to the President instead of acquiescing to Stockman's demands. Congress also is almost certain to balk. Says Joseph McDade of Pennsylvania, a savvy Republican on the House Appropriations Committee: "We'll not see a repeat next year of what we saw this year...
Brown (1-3 ECAC, 2-4 overall) will look to repeat its destruction of Harvard's season. The Bruins are led by junior forward Frank Carnevale (4-5-9), and co-captains Bryan Price (4-3-7) and defenseman Darrell Petit (2-5-7), the only seniors on the varsity...
...such intense competition, a researcher who happens to suspect chicanery by a rival may be only too willing to blow the whistle. Scientists also like to point out that science was long protected from fraud by a built-in safety mechanism: to be generally accepted, experiments must be repeatable by others. Indeed it was just such a failure that led to Spector's downfall. But in contemporary practice, the safeguard often does not work. So much is being done in every field that unless an experiment is really important, years may pass before anyone tries to repeat it. Especially...