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...speech last December. These cuts have been accompanied by significant changes in doctrine. Conventional forces are being reconfigured to become more defensive in deployment. In addition, the Soviets now speak of maintaining a "reasonable sufficiency" in their nuclear and conventional forces rather than attempting to match or surpass the might of the West in every category. As a Soviet arms- control official asked recently, "What do we need a huge tank park in Eastern Europe...
...goal that overall spending not surpass the inflationary rate," explains Rep. Willis D. Gradison Jr. (R-Ohio). "Then you go back and say some programs are going to be above the line and some are going to be below the line...
...economy in Southeast Asia, itself the fastest-growing area in the world. Last year, to celebrate the 60th birthday of the revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the government enticed, with elegant ads and well-phrased brochures, a record 3.5 million tourists to the kingdom. This year the number promises to surpass 4 million, or three times as many as visit neighboring giant India...
Salaries for Harvard students are considerably higher than at almost all other colleges in the Boston area and around the country. According to statistics compiled last year by the New England Association of Student Employment Administrators, wages for on-campus jobs here surpass salaries at Boston University, Brandeis, UMass, and Princeton by as much as $2 an hour. Nearby MIT, however, offers pay roughly equal to Harvard...
...range and his earnest, smartest-boy-in- the-class presentation, his command of the debate was his strongest performance since the Atlanta Convention. If the exchange, watched by 100 million viewers, does not help him rebound in the polls, his political outlook is cloudy, since he is unlikely to surpass this performance again. For Bush, with a well-orchestrated campaign and far less to lose, it may be enough that he survived without permanent damage. If the Vice President made no new converts, he also did little to undermine the attitudes of those who already support...