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Buoyed by Reagan's support, Pentagon planners rushed to strengthen a small exploratory research program. Congress, prodded by eager defense contractors and military-minded scientists, voted to spend nearly $ 1 billion on research and development last year and $ 1.4 billion in the current fiscal year. The Defense Department indicated that deployment alone could cost upwards of $400 billion and estimated that it might take 30 years to complete such a system...
Today, however, the reverse seems to be true. Technology is beginning to drive science. For example, computer technology controls how fast data can be manipulated which in turn controls the pace of science. As a result, government officials are priming the NSI to strengthen its activity in this area...
...beyond moderate solution, but there is nothing else to do but try. Perhaps the other protagonists in the Central America story will take stock of the merits of talking peace, as practiced by Duarte. In Nicaragua, a return to the ideals of the Revolution would immeasurably strengthen its case internationally, which is being bolstered now only by Reagan's propensity to wave a big stick. Delaying the elections and then allowing free campaigning would add something more than lip service to the Sandinista professions of adherence to the Contadora process...
...agreement with Britain under which the Crown Colony of Hong Kong will be returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, Deng spoke of "peaceful reunification with Taiwan" as "an irresistible trend." He also addressed himself directly to the military. "In the seriously deteriorating international situation," he warned, "we must strengthen our national defense. All officers and men of the Chinese People's Liberation Army must be alert at all times, constantly improve their military and political qualities, and strive to gain knowledge and capacity for modern warfare...
...blacks in starring roles. Having seen it all before, blacks know not to ask for too much. "We aren't trying to reinvent the Hollywood wheel," says George Crosby, president of the Association of Black Motion Picture and Television Producers. "We just want to add spokes that will strengthen...