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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most urgent problem does not concern the strategic weapons of Armageddon. There the U.S. has a rough parity with the Soviets and seems ready to respond to any vulnerability that might arise. But there now are critical shortages of all the more commonplace weapons that are essential to the kind of conflict that is most likely to occur: some sudden clash with the Soviets or their proxies on the borders of Central Europe, in the Persian Gulf or in the Middle East...
...President's image has been tarnished not only by the whiff of scandal -to this day he has refused to respond to accusations that he received diamonds from former Central African Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa-but by the deterioration of the aura of technocratic competence that long marked his management of economic and foreign affairs. Unemployment has reached a new record of 1.6 million (6.9%), inflation is galloping along at an intractable 13.6%, and growth is virtually...
...largely from insecurity, from a deep fear that we may be or become gay ourselves. For some, great affection for a friend of the same sex may cause this worry. For others, it may be less conscious. But, social attitudes toward homosexuality magnify this worry into a horror. Some respond to it with derision or hostility to gays, hoping this will reaffirm their heterosexuality. But most simply try to crowd any thought of homosexuality out of their heads. That creates another source of hostility to gays: ignorance. Shutting homosexuality out of our world fosters the same fear and mistrust...
Teledyne, Inc., which has a large stockholding in Curtiss-Wright, to acquire its shares. After Teledyne failed to respond to an offer of $50 a share, Kennecott two weeks ago began buying Curtiss-Wright stock in the open market. It soon became the company's largest shareholder, with 32% of the firm's stock...
...saying, "I know you're concerned about these things and they're not trivial matters." However, understanding the concerns of a class does not mean being a lax instructor. The students I have come in contact with at Harvard are highly competent individuals who prefer to be challenged and respond well to encouragement...