Word: shorted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Wiesner disposes of the first argument in short order. The figures Brennan cites are highly suspect on technological grounds, and he admits they are applicable only "assuming that the Soviets do not make a major increase in their offensive forces in response to our improved defense." The ABM would be the most incredibly complex electronic-mechanical system ever built, with all the fallability such complexity implies. The ABM's reliability could never be tested under conditions approximating those of a nuclear attack, simply because there is no way of simulating all the conditions of a nuclear attack. For example...
...Crucial factor in today's game will be whether short-shop Bob Cyboron can be in the starting line-up against the Crimson. An NCAA District I All-Star, Cyboron has been the team sparkplug all season...
...only home race of the season, the Crimson made it look almost too easy as it finished the 2000 meters in 5:55.2, only three seconds short of the course record Harvard set in last year's Stein Cup regatta...
...another sense the disturbances at Harvard had deeper and more serious causes than those revealed in the escalation of tactics by both sides. Thus, the senior circular, while it spent most of its effort identifying the faults of President Quincy, eventually came to the short but essential conclusion: "Perhaps the circumstances which we have revealed have been only the immediate occasion of the recent disturbances. The causes have been long in operation...
...other side of the academic fence, the Government of Harvard College never recognized any connection between long range cause and events in the disruption either. Their tactic for the short range was to quell the disturbances, and their attitude to the larger issues was to chalk the protests up to poor manners and bad tempers...