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...effectiveness of detainee cannot be measured in absolute terms, Cap Weinberger not with sinoding. Some weapons--and some theatric--can prove destabilizing. It is probably unwise, for example, that the U.S. should seek rough parity with the Soviet Union, eschewing new weapons systems that might either frighten or tempt the Soviets...
Prins predicts his company will continue prospering despite the twin threats of increased competition and the prospect that falling gasoline prices and a strengthening economy will tempt passengers to drive their cars instead of taking the bus. One reason for Prins' optimism: "As the economy picks up, more people are planning to take tours." Indeed, Jefferson's 1983 tour bookings are already up 80% over last year's, and its European jaunts are almost sold...
...more marginal. At the same time, the complex technology of the nuclear age raises the danger of an automaticity that might elude rational control. For if one side should destroy the retaliatory force of its adversary, it would be in a position to impose its terms. That prospect could tempt the intended victim to undertake a "preemptive" first strike-or launch its weapons on warning. Mutual fear could turn a crisis into a catastrophe. Proponents of arms control thus saw it as their immediate objective to reduce the incentives and possibilities of surprise attack...
...have to deter a potential aggressor," she said. "Weakness would tempt him. Strength stops...
...news, the helicopter rivals the minicam as the novelty of the moment. Choppers can cost $300,000 or more, but they give some 250 TV station news crews speed and mobility, and serve as remote transmitters for pictures ranging from traffic to catastrophes. But the ratings race can tempt copter reporters to chase sensation, making aerial derring-do part of the story, and to take needless risks...