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...Brokaw was the coolest and most lucid of the three; Mission Control's first reference to the accident as a "major malfunction" was, he said, "the understatement of the year." CBS's Rather appeared shakiest in the early going, and his network was the slowest to marshal its resources. "What you have here," said Rather at one point, "is a reporter vamping for time." (CBS's most famous space enthusiast, Walter Cronkite, was vacationing abroad when the accident occurred...
...arsenal, but the fixed underground silos in which they are stored also make them the most vulnerable. Airborne bombers, which can be recalled from attack up to the moment their nuclear payload is fired, provide a President with the most flexible strategic weapon currently available, but also the slowest. Submarine-based missiles are virtually undetectable by the Soviets, but at least until recently, they were considered less accurate than land-based or airborne missiles...
...Azerbaijan, on the Iranian border. A KGB official, he reportedly once declared that Soviet corruption could only be fought with means beyond "socialist legality." Aliyev made his name as first secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party; he helped transform the republic's economy from the Soviet Union's slowest to its fastest growing. Among his innovations: productivity bonuses for agricultural workers who exceeded their quotas. "He is an exciting character, a risk taker," says Simes. "I don't know of any other Politburo member who is both as dynamic and as ruthless...
...slowest human being in the National League was rumbling down the first base line and he didn't throw the ball...
...automakers' new efficiency is strikingly apparent. They have been piling up profits on sales that are currently running at an annual rate of only about 6.8 million cars and 2.6 million trucks. That volume would make 1983 the fourth most sluggish year for autos since 1961 (the slowest pace: 5.7 million cars in 1982). This year's results are likely to be only some 4.6% better than the depressed level of 1980, when Detroit sold 6.5 million cars and lost a total of $4.2 billion. Last week domestic manufacturers said they sold cars at an annual rate...