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...draft and the revived G.I. Bill would remedy some of the problems in recruiting, but would not help solve a quite different manpower problem: the diminishing ability of the armed forces to retain their essential core of middle-level noncommissioned officers, officers and technicians. A pilot, whose six years of training can cost as much as $1 million, earns only $24,000 a year on reaching the rank of captain...
...cost of living. By 1978, enlisted pay had declined 7.4% in real dollars, and the trend has continued since. Last year the Government provided an 11.7% military pay increase, but that was more than canceled by 12.4% inflation. All branches of the services are struggling to find ways to retain NCOs: bigger re-enlistment bonuses, better housing allowances, better discipline and esprit de corps. One attractive idea being discussed: permitting a career soldier to transfer his present education benefits to his own children or spouse. All told, the cost of needed pay increases and benefits is estimated at $4.4 billion...
...Soviet foreign policy. The Sandinistas have also alienated nearly all their onetime anti-Somoza allies at home by trying to impose one-party rule on the country. The regime must now choose whether to move toward the center and share power with other political groups, or to retain its hold on the country by force of arms. An impending U.S. decision on whether to end foreign aid to Nicaragua will have a critical effect on what direction the regime may take...
...number of steps that could reduce the exposure of Western Europe to the threat of energy blackmail are now being discussed. Storage caverns like those in Italy could be filled as a security reserve. Production in some currently producing gasfields in The Netherlands might be cut back to retain the fuel for emergency use. Factories and generating plants could be fitted with dual-capacity burners that would use both gas and oil. Joseph Nye, a Harvard government professor who has closely studied the pipeline deal, says that if such steps are taken, "energy dependence would not necessarily mean vulnerability...
...next night against Southern Connecticut the Crimson started out strong, boxing out their ultra-physical opponents well enough to retain a lead throughout most of the first half, but left the court two points down. The Owis got wise to Harvard's tactics over the break, and came out with a new look on defense that effectively closed the confident cagers out of the middle and forced them to take long outside shots. As the second half wore on, S.Conn. eventually closed the cagers down from the outside as well. With the Crimson scoring machine closed down and S.Conn. hitting...