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...scholars forwarded an "Owl" agenda as a compromise to the extremist "Hawk" and "Dove" camps. Hawks believe in "peace through strength," while Doves prescribe arms control and accommodation. Owls, on the other hand, think nuclear war is likely to stem from a loss of control and thus work to strengthen organizations and coordinate events to prevent such a catastrophe...
...more than a generation, the Roman Catholic Church in Eastern Europe has been vigorously attacked by Communist regimes. The East bloc countries have promoted atheism, and some of them have arrested high church officials and priests, suppressed religious orders and all but abolished religious education. Determined to strengthen the church's position and that of its estimated 106 million followers in the Soviet satellites, Pope John Paul II has often bluntly denounced antireligious acts. Last week the Pope issued a 47-page encyclical honoring Cyril and Methodius, two 9th century saints who were missionaries to the Slavs...
University of Utah Professor and former Secretary of Education TERREL BELL at Longwood College in Farmville, Va.: "I can't emphasize too much the critical importance of the reform movement now under way all across America. We have a / will and a determination to strengthen our schools and our colleges and to make them even better than they are, and I urge you graduates to do your utmost after you leave here to be strong advocates of American education. Run for the school board. Get involved. Help those who come after you to have the opportunity that...
...would like to use Easter Island as a possible emergency landing site for the space shuttle. Under a plan proposed to Chile, which owns the 45.5-sq.-mi. speck, NASA would spend an estimated $11 million to lengthen the 8,500-ft. local runway by about half a mile, strengthen its surface and install sophisticated electronic navigation systems. The U.S. has reached similar agreements with five other countries: Senegal, Spain, France, West Germany and Japan...
...economists think that the odds are against it. Said Rimmer de Vries, a senior vice president for New York City's Morgan Guaranty Trust: "We don't expect the dollar to collapse." In fact, De Vries said that as the U.S. economy speeds up, the dollar may begin to strengthen...