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...years, cloak-and-dagger stories have circulated that Soviet suitcase nukes (also known as atomic demolition munitions, or ADMs) had gone unaccounted for and presumably ended up on the Russian black market. The Russians have offered confusing and conflicting statements about the disposition of their ADMs, leading some to suspect the worst. The ADMs weigh from 60 lbs. to 100 lbs., according to Bruce Blair, a former U.S. Air Force officer and expert on Soviet nuclear weapons. They could be carried in a case 8 in. by 16 in. by 24 in. The fissile material inside the mini-nukes degrades...
...competitor" of the U.S.--as the two men sang from the same songbook. President Jiang Zemin condemned "terrorism in all its forms," while Bush, beaming, said Jiang and his government "stand side by side with the American people as we fight this evil force." Two days later, Bush met Russian President Vladimir Putin, into whose soul he had peered approvingly four months ago. Bush and Putin discussed the size of cuts the U.S. is ready to make in its nuclear arsenal in return for Russian acquiescence to America's missile-defense program. The aim: to conclude a grand nuclear bargain...
...recent battle against cancer. Three years ago, I was enrolled in his social philosophy class, only to have it cancelled part way through the semester due to his illness. This year, Nozick is opting for more nontraditional classes, co-teaching “Philosophy and History: The Russian Revolution” with Assistant Professor of History Eric Lohr and “Philosophy and Literature: Dostoevsky” with Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures William Mills Todd III. Nozick begins his acknowledgments in Invariances by thanking three of his doctors. He also alludes to a new manner...
...precision it makes one want to either practice 10 times harder or give up the piano entirely. Presented as part of the FleetBoston Celebrity Series, Kissin gave a recital that affirmed his importance as one of the leading pianists of his generation and a worthy continuation of the Russian piano tradition...
...Moscow may want its own troops to reinforce the Tajiks - something it believes the U.S. won't match for the Uzbeks. "Therefore, we have a race," warns Pravda. "Who is going to be the first to support 'its own' wing of the anti-Taliban alliance." The last time the Russian military sensed such a "race" it embarrassed NATO by being first into Kosovo's capital...