Word: signal
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Reagan seemed to signal his uncertainty about the invulnerability of the Dense Pack system. His paper warned that if the Soviet Union tries to challenge the MX with "more powerful and deadly weapons," the U.S. will be able to add more silos near the proposed Dense Pack field and move some of the 100 MX missiles into them, adding a shell-game kind of deception. "We would prefer that the Soviets dismantle SS-18s [which can carry either ten 1-megaton warheads or a single 25-megaton monster] rather than we build more holes," Reagan said. "But we can accommodate...
However, those petty grievances were put aside when the critics realized that a display of Vietnam War pride was an achievement not to be obscured by intramural squabbling. Rather, it should be a signal to Americans--both friends and foes of the war--to put aside intellectual battles of more than a decade ago and begin to realize that the war left real people who would like some real support...
...ground, Murphy's law prevailed. At its debut last July at Cape Canaveral, Fla., the first-stage motor malfunctioned, and after 17 seconds the missile exploded. The motor was redesigned, and a new version installed. At the second test, at White Sands on Nov. 4, the signal to turn on the missile's on-board batteries failed, promptly shutting down the Pershing and keeping it earthbound. Strike 3 came on Nov. 13 at White Sands, when an electrical connection blew out, and the test was postponed while spares were tested and inserted...
...superhardened" silos. So in some form or another, the MX was going to happen. But Reagan would have been much better advised to delay his decision a little longer in light of Soviet overtures to the United States for an improved rapport. Consequently, the MX announcement is the wrong signal to Moscow at the wrong time...
...member of the review committee attributed this drop last week to undergraduates' increasing interest in taking graduate courses. "Many undergrads feel they should take graduate courses as soon as possible. This is a danger signal--something is missing in the regular undergraduate program," Wilfried Schmid, professor of Mathematics, said last week...