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...passed in review, its bearskin-hatted drum major raising a brass baton in salute. Reagan in his welcoming remarks stressed watchfulness: "So long as our adversaries continue to arm themselves at a pace far beyond the needs of defense, so the free world must do whatever is necessary to safeguard its own security...
...scientists have access to their work. The ultimate safeguard: bacteria especially designed to self-destruct if they escaped the nurturing environment of the lab. Yet even without these precautions, subsequent tests showed that probably none of the doomsday scenarios could have occurred. Last year the NIH dropped most of the restrictions on gene-splicing work...
...westerns as a child. He recalls that he once mistook a film of the American west for the Pakistani frontier. The people have similar attitudes about survival, and they rely mainly on themselves--"We have a very individual culture. When you grow up you are told you must safeguard your own rights...
...hierarchies are not appropriate in a Christian church. Bowen concurs, "The church in not an institutional structure. It is a body of believers in Christ." In the final analysis, both Miller and group members agree that the role of the Black intellectual in the church is to interpret and safeguard its Black history and tradition from academics who diminish the Black heritage of Christianity...
...spending these extra billions on new weapons systems, Congress and the incoming administration may think they are doing their part to safeguard American interests from perceived threats abroad, and keep pace with Soviet expenditures. But today's free-for-all spirit of assenting to each armed force's projected hardware needs is far more likely to foster waste, graft, and over-confidence within a military establishment that is already notoriously unthrifty. Extra defense dollars would be better allocated to raising military salaries and improving the maintenance of existing systems...