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...equipment to detect incoming ICBMs and guide the defending missiles than did Johnson's. Since the first two installations will not be completed before 1973, the system could be canceled somewhere along the line-after having cost vast amounts of money. Nixon promised that his system, quickly dubbed "Safeguard," would be reviewed annually and revised, if necessary, to meet possible changes in the strategic situation and in weapons technology, and to take into account any developments in arms-control talks...
...differences between the Johnson Administration's Sentinel program and Nixon's Safeguard are more in emphasis than in scale. Johnson's 17 Sentinel sites would have covered all the continental U.S., Hawaii and Alaska with Spartan rockets designed to intercept incoming missiles up to 400 miles above target, backed up by shorter-range Sprints to knock down any ICBMs that penetrated the Spartan screen. Nixon's plan, while providing extensive area defense, will concentrate not only on Minuteman ICBMs in their concrete silos, but also on bomber bases, Washington, and the Charleston base for Polaris submarines...
...difficult line of reasoning to maintain, since the Chinese, until at least the mid-1970s, will not have the sophisticated weaponry to zero in on U.S. ICBM sites. They would be readier for the less precise task of attacking U.S. cities, which will not be defended by the Safeguard system...
...might be argued that control over grading is necesary if the Faculty is to safeguard its educational standards. But the real way in which the Faculty maintains its standards is through its right to judge the credentials of its members. Since this system theoretically ensures that every Harvard teacher is qualified to be teaching, it is hard to see what additional good can be achieved by requiring teachers to grade their students' work...
...eventually bar even this. Nor is it asking too much, says Friendly, to require a man brought to the station house to identify himself. Agreeing with the goal of Miranda-to make certain that the rights of the poor and ignorant are protected-Friendly would give an added safeguard against the third degree. He suggests that all questioning at the police station take place before a magistrate. If the man refuses to answer, Friendly's amendment would permit the prosecution to comment on that fact at the trial...