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Whatever one thinks of Vellucci's proposals, the Councillor has definitely become a force to reckon with in the Cambridge community. Whenever Harvard or M.I.T. plans a project which requires any sort of delicate negotiating, the utmost care is taken to shield proceedings from the eye of the Councillor. As one M.I.T. spokesman said recently, "You just can't imagine what a cramp he can put in things when he starts poking around...
...material that can be gasified by the nuclear heat and shot out the tail at great speed. The trouble with this solution, of course, is that the weight of the material may make the nuclear rocket hardly more efficient than a chemically fueled one. In addition, a heavy shield must be carried to protect the crew from nuclear radiation...
...scientists are not, presumably, thinking about space flight, which envisions a human crew that must not be subjected to radiation. Missiles, which are "uninhabited." should prove simpler to propel by nuclear power. With no crew, they will need no shield, and they can start on their journeys even more suddenly than artillery shells...
Because of its military potential, ICBM will rewrite all the rules of foreign relations. With ICBM firepower, huge armies will become obsolete. The nature of alliances will be changed; even now, the idea of expanding NATO from a purely military shield into a working community of political and economic interests is being discussed. Barring some new kind of economic or political magnetism, neutralism will become an even greater factor because of the risk of military involvement with either of the ICBM-armed powers. Certainly, statesmen will be able to approach the labyrinthine problems of disarmament from a new basis, once...
...dignify a structure. You can't do that with these buildings." Last week the problem was solved. The markers will be suitably inscribed in the floor section of the concrete slab, there for all to contemplate. Each slab will carry the simple ICA emblem over a U.S. shield...