Word: solidities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...type of tokenism. "To put a black face on the front page because you haven't had a black face on the front page for three weeks, that's insulting," says USA Today reporter Mike McQueen. Others say the push to represent minorities in mainstream stories too often replaces solid minority coverage. "Mainstreaming won't persuade minorities to buy the paper if we don't cover them and their issues," says one reporter...
...Washington-based military analyst. While the Soviets and their Warsaw Pact allies still would have some 41,500 battle tanks between the Ural Mountains and the forward NATO positions, their advantage would be reduced from a 2.3-to-1 to a 1.9-to-1 ratio. That is still a solid edge, yet the assumption of the West is that it must prepare for only a defensive war. Traditionally, military experts assert that an attacking force must have at least triple the strength of the defending foe to be confident of victory...
While the Warsaw Pact would maintain a solid numerical advantage in combat planes (8,250 vs. 3,977 for NATO), the West's fighters and assault aircraft are considered better at providing support for ground troops. The Soviet pullback of roughly 10% of the Warsaw Pact's European-theater aircraft, while not large, would signal a shift toward a defensive stance. The cut in artillery would be a hefty 20% slash in existing Warsaw Pact firepower along the central front. But the total cut is less significant; the Soviet bloc could still field some 34,900 artillery pieces, mortars...
Much has been given to this team--a polished power play manned by five forwards, a solid defensive corps, an explosive offense. Much is expected...
...image of God as a big, * amorphous friend." Kitchenware is also popular. "I am getting my daughter a set of plastic pots and pans and a little stove and sink, which I also had," says Hillary Adams, 30, mother of Natalie, 2. "But the best are the most solid, basic toys like her wooden blocks, which have enduring value through her different stages of development...