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...Star Wars speech last spring, Ronald Reagan suggested that instead of deterring nuclear attack exclusively by threatening nuclear retaliation, the U.S. should build a kind of electronic shield to "intercept and destroy strategic ballistic missiles before they reach our own soil." Last week that grandiose sci-fi vision moved closer to becoming U.S. policy. Reagan and his National Security Council approved in principle a fiveyear, $21 billion plan to begin more rapidly developing an arsenal of space weapons, in particular orbiting "ray guns" that would fire intense beams of energy at enemy missiles. Said Edward Teller, the father...
...university in her senior year give up her valedictorianship, and immerse herself in books until she finds a way to stop the rampant murders. The story is narrated by Doony (Kirsten Giroux), Sherry's younger sister, who, while roller skating across stage, explains that Sherry has tried "poli-sci" and "psych-o-logy" and has now turned to her first love--mythology and folklore...
...more jazzy things are in store, as seen in some of AT&T's sci-fi television ads. Those stress the more glamorous unregulated activities of information systems for business-services like teleconferencing and data processing. In those areas AT&T now will be free to square off with IBM, Burroughs and Honeywell...
...home information system available in the U.S. The Knight-Ridder newspaper chain, operator of Viewtron, plans to introduce the system within about two years in 17 cities, including Boston, Detroit and Seattle. One of Viewtron's starring attractions, banking at home, presages a revolution in consumer finance. A sci-fi concept only five years ago, home banking is now being introduced by institutions ranging from New York City's Chemical Bank (deposits: $29.8 billion) to Washington, D.C.'s Madison National ($178 million). The biggest firms in U.S. banking, New York's Citibank and San Francisco...
...hour half-courses in each of Social Sciences. Natural Sciences and Humanities. However, to make the Core requirement simpler to complete. Core courses have "full weight" counting twice as much as other courses. Courses in your concentration will cover Gen Ed requirements--i.e., Social Science for Government concentrators. Nat Sci for Biology. Humanities for English. In addition, outside of that field, you'll still need two full or four half courses for "distribution" Seniors need to take Core courses while juniors have to complete...