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...Army spokesmen emphasized that Homing Overlay was merely an experiment, the fourth in a $300 million series that has been under way for six years. The three previous tests failed for various mechanical reasons. According to the spokesmen, the point of the experiment is to prove that incoming missiles can be destroyed well before they reach their targets without resorting to defensive nuclear explosions. Some scientists believe that radioactive fallout from such interceptions would be minimal, since the target warheads would be demolished without exploding. The Army insisted that Homing Overlay was "completely and absolutely compliant" with the 1972 anti...
...only marginal restrictions on future U.S. programs. Administration officials admitted that their position was "front-loaded" with measures that would squeeze the Soviets in the short run, but they claimed that the long-term effect would be true equality and greater stability. Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and other Soviet spokesmen were contemptuous in dismissing what they called a "cynical American trick." They complained that the "essence" of the U.S. policy was to re-establish American superiority...
...Miranda Cowley '84, $1500, for her senior thesis entitled "Out of the Mouths of Babes. Children as Spokesmen in Uncle Tom's Cabin. Huckleberry Finn, and To Kill a Mockingbird"--Sonya Michael. Teaching Assistant...
...merely disagreeable, it is dangerous: World War III, while not necessarily imminent, is more imaginable in the current atmosphere than before. Who do the Soviets blame for this alarming state of affairs? Ronald Reagan, whom they have recently started comparing to Adolf Hitler. The Kremlin leaders and their spokesmen have concluded that it is simply impossible to do business with the Reagan Administration. Soviet-American relations, they say, will remain terrible until the U.S. adopts a whole new set of policies under a new President. In the meantime, a thaw is impossible, the Soviets feel, because with someone like Reagan...
...Administration contends, these spokesmen are huffing and puffing to fan fears that could rebound against Reagan in November. The Administration, in turn, hopes that the tactic will backfire, vindicating Reagan's depiction of the Soviets as heavyhanded troublemakers who cannot be trusted or engaged in normal diplomacy...