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...Immediate bilateral freeze. This includes testing, production and deployment of any nuclear device. This would terminate the MX missile and Trident, but it would also eliminate all future Soviet nuclear weapons. If it is true that the Soviets are embarking on a massive buildup this is the easiest and safest way to stop...
...minute too soon. The half a dozen men of the Lebanese Army contingent billeted in our lobby to protect diplomatic residents were already nervously fingering their M16s. Upstairs, we hastily improvised a late lunch. Suddenly an explosion shook the building. We hit the ground and started edging toward the safest place in the apartment: a 6-ft.-long bathroom, away from any windows. As we huddled there, the clatter of M-16s and Kalashnikovs echoed off the walls of neighboring buildings. Now and then we would crawl on all fours to a window. Below us, the faint shadows of militiamen...
...equal society are naturally tempted into calling for radical means to bring about that end as quickly as possible. Nevertheless, some of us don't succumb, because we know that the rights which are violated today for a good cause may be violated tomorrow for a bad one. The safest course is never to violate them at all. James...
Until a few years ago, banks and insurance companies handled most pension money. Almost as cautious as gnomes guarding caves full of gold, the bankers tended to favor bonds and the safest stocks for retirement funds. During the inflation-plagued 1970s, however, many corporations, unions and local governments became unhappy with the returns they were getting on pension money. Increasingly, they turned to mavericks like LeBaron, who promised to outperform the banks by buying and selling a broad range of securities more aggressively...
...order to protect himself against attacks from the left; others suspect that the current campaign, like others before it, may have already moved further and faster than was intended. With the government seesawing between its commitment to progress and its loyalty to doctrine, nobody knows which is the safest position to assume. As one typically contradictory press commentary declared last week: "Mao's thought was essentially correct. This can be seen from his mistakes...