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...such an approach, we could proceed with it either as part of an arms control agreement or unilaterally as part of our defense policy. For example, we could propose to reduce and transform the strategic arsenals of both sides to a low number of single-warhead missiles over a ten-year period. The totals should be set at the lowest number that could be monitored; that is, at a level where a violation significant enough to overturn it could not be hidden. The permitted number of missiles may be as low as 500; at any rate, the number of warheads...
...guiding spirit was Arthur Taylor, 47, a former president of CBS Inc. His vision, backed by a $100 million three-year commitment from RCA and RCI, was of a service providing "quality but popular" programming for viewers not addicted to the networks. TEC had a ten-year contract with the BBC for first rights in the U.S., and nearly 40% of its fare was composed of such British shows as the political spoof Yes, Minister and the detective series Shoestring. Besides showing distinctive foreign films (Federico Fellini's City of Women, Eric Rohmer's The Aviator...
...Smiths opened the Cave Atlantique in 1973 under a ten-year lease, whose expiration next month exposes them to new rental rates "three times as high" as those previously charged by George owner Louis DiGiovanni, according to Fred Smith...
...entered the house, the occupants jumped them, and shots were exchanged. One officer put out a call for help, which was answered by two more policemen. When all four officers were inside the house, a short gun battle took place. Three policemen escaped, but Patrolman Robert Hester, 34, a ten-year veteran of the force, was captured and held hostage...
Upjohn has been haunted, however, by its own early tests of Depo-Provera in animals. In a seven-year, controlled study using beagles, two out of 16 dogs developed breast cancer. Results from a ten-year study using 52 rhesus monkeys were equally alarming: two of the animals developed cancer of the endometrium (the lining of the uterus). Upjohn's own scientists concluded in 1978 that the cancer was "likely related to treatment with Depo-Provera." Later that year the FDA refused to allow Upjohn to market the drug as a contraceptive, though it is approved for treating certain...