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...defenses. The dispute pits U.S. Defense Secretary Harold Brown against his top generals and admirals, Republicans against Democratics. Ronald Reagan insists that the U.S. has become No. 2 in military power, while Jimmy Carter maintains, as he did last week to voters on Long Island: "We are the strongest nation on earth, militarily. If adversaries attacked the U.S., they would be committing suicide." The fundamental question: How well prepared is the U.S. to make use of its military power to protect its interests anywhere in the world...
Apparent sincerity may be Anderson's strongest suit--but then again, the nation took that same bait from another candidate in 1976 and swallowed it whole. Duplicitous is too nice a word for the incumbent; he has proved himself a baldfaced liar. Just ask those who worked for him four years ago after he promised to reduce military spending, after he called nuclear power an undesirable "last resort," after he assured women that the Equal Rights Amendment would be a top priority of his administration...
Schmidt settles into Europe's strongest political position
...fact Schmidt's considerable triumph in the Oct. 5 national elections left him in the strongest political position of any Western European leader. France's President Valéry discard d'Estaing was bracing for a spring election that could reduce his standing with the voters. In Britain, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher faced sharp criticism for her monetarist program. But Schmidt, 61, overseer of the Continent's healthiest major economy (5.1% inflation and 3.5% unemployment) had a new mandate to govern for another four years, probably without serious challenge...
...interferon (TIME, March 31), which may be used to treat everything from cancer to the common cold. Shares of Genentech are expected to go on sale soon on the over-the-counter market, and investors are queuing up to buy what some believe will be one of the strongest new issues of the '80s. A few brokers are already touting Genentech as the next Polaroid or Xerox. Says Financial Analyst Peter Smith of E.F. Hutton: "The expectations of the people doing research are mighty exciting. But for now we are selling sizzle-there is no steak around...