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...poles. He theorizes that it consists of protons, trapped by the earth's magnetic field, which spiral around lines of magnetic force at right angles. Thus a manned vehicle (launched near the poles) might carry a lightweight shielding ring to avoid proton concentrations, or use magnetic screening to repel them. Also possible: a satellite designed to "sweep out" a channel by absorbing protons, allowing a manned vehicle to follow safely...
...them? And would the Soviet government, which is itself not subject to moral and religious restraints, thereby gain a special freedom of action and initiative as regards such weapons? And does the Soviet Union not want nuclear weapons to be refined into effective defensive weapons which could repel an aggressive attack by those who control the most manpower...
Nasser now wants the U.N. to do for him what he cannot do for himself: repel invaders, reopen the canal. But he has yet to indicate that he feels any obligation to the rest of the world. At the same time he complains that the U.S. is trying to isolate him. The isolation, which may increase, is his own doing...
...There is too much chasing after comfort, profits and riches," he thundered in the accents of an Old Testament patriarch. Israel, he proclaimed, was in danger. Israel's youth must gird itself, man new settlements along the threatened border, stand ready to repel the merciless Arab. Last October, at 70, he risked all on a bold and cunning "preventive war" to knock out Nasser's new, Soviet-supplied army...
...World and got the American Experiment on the way. "There is a rank due to the United States among nations," said Washington, "which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be ready to repel it." Then Arthur Radford, the quiet admiral, adds the postscript that is his life: "The more our country sweats in peace, the less it will bleed...