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Although the U.S. is no longer the globe's sole superpower, it still is one of two superpowers and, more important, is the leader of the industrial democracies. It is looked to for guidance and protection by many developing countries. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has challenged not only the U.S., but also that portion of the world sharing America's values and aspirations. The problem is not so much one of U.S. strength?the U.S. is strong indeed?but of applying this strength in ways that make us seem effective, seem wise, and seem responsible leaders of the free...
...some historians argue that the traditional fierceness of the Afghans is a quality that defies measure. In January 1842, after an adventure in Afghanistan, the British ordered the withdrawal of 4,500 soldiers and 12,000 camp followers from Kabul. A week later, the sole survivor of the march, a field surgeon named Brydon, staggered into Jalalabad on the way to the Khyber Pass. The present generation of rebel tribesmen are hardly equipped to repeat such a feat. But, as a former U.S. Ambassador to Kabul, Robert Neumann, has observed, "Foreign invaders have found it easier to march into Afghanistan...
...months to the day after taking out a $250,000 insurance policy that would send his own son to Cambridge, six months being the required time period before suicide could be considered a legitimate cause of death by the insurance company. Thomas Scott Bell was named as the sole beneficiary...
Some experts said the Post story implied that the committee had virtually concluded that an atomic explosion was the sole explanation for the Sept. 22 event. One committee scientist termed that implication "a distortion...
...large, rather charmingly antique-looking space vehicle parked near it with its lights out. The men of the former craft are absolutely basic: one stalwart captain, one joky copilot, one overdedicated scientist, one slightly shifty civilian and one pretty lady whose function is to be placed in jeopardy. The sole proprietor of the ship they run into is Maximilian Schell, a great long-lost scientist whose ego trips are as monumental as his space voyages and who is, indeed, quite round the bend. His crew are all robots, though some of them were human before he started doing these terrible...