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...nationwide installation of their Hen House radar stations (so called because they look like large rectangular cages), designed to track incoming missiles for the Soviet ABM system. The Pentagon cites the Soviet developments as a reason for pressing ahead with the next phase of the U.S.'s Safeguard program. Should one side develop an effective ABM system first, it would upset the balance of nuclear terror. In the dreadful scenario of nuclear war, the country that first has ABMs might be tempted to launch a nuclear attack against the other side, since it would itself be protected from...
...that country." More precisely, it appeared to demonstrate that the Chinese were advancing toward an important goal: the building of missiles capable of delivering nuclear warheads to U.S. and European targets as early as 1973. The news might well affect U.S. Congressional action on a proposed expansion of the Safeguard anti-ballistic missile system...
...officials will take notes from this card by number only to safeguard the employee in case the notes are lost or stolen. Then, if HEW still feels there is evidence of discrimination in the case. Harvard will require the employee's supervisor to discuss the case with the investigator...
...14th Amendment, thus protecting persons from improper state as well as federal action. Writing for the majority in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), Douglas defined a "right of privacy" that forbade state bans on the use of contraceptive devices by married couples. That right is now emerging as a potential safeguard against laws that infringe on private manners and morals, such as unconventional sexual relations between consenting adults. The right of privacy is not mentioned by the Constitution, but Douglas ruled that it is implied. In characteristically broad language he declared: "Specific guarantees in the Bill of Rights have penumbras, formed...
...Greece. The upshot of this state's increasing isolation from Europe is her increasing dependence on the U. S. The current U. S. policy towards Greece-full military, political, and economic support-clearly proves the worthlessness and horrible irony of the preamble to NATO. "The parties are determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilization of their peoples founded in the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule...