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...monetary reserves it did not have at the end of 1982. We have moved forward in the restructuring of our foreign debt, and we do not have companies on the verge of bankruptcy, as was the case in 1982. I would also say that there is not as much tension among the people as there was at the end of 1982. By that, I do not mean that people are not nervous, but the situation is not as critical...
...Giotto spacecraft and Halley's comet raced toward each other last week at a closing speed of 155,000 m.p.h., the tension at the European Space Agency's control center in Darmstadt, West Germany, became palpable. Images of the cornet, relayed to the center at intervals of four seconds, loomed larger and larger on television screens, finally yielding by far the best look yet at an elongated shape near Halley's heart. It was the comet's nucleus. Giotto Investigator Wolfgang Schmidt, giving a play-by-play description of the images, could not contain his excitement. "It's obvious that...
NATION: Are America's supercarriers the weapon of the future or a throwback? 14 In a time of random violence and global tension, the U.S. projects power overseas with a fleet of formidable but vulnerable flattops. Reagan scraps two submarines to comply with SALT II, while a new mobile missile is studied. The furor intensifies over Michael Deaver's influence peddling. Nevada Senator and Reagan Pal Paul Laxalt cautiously eyes the presidency...
...aircraft carrier is Ronald Reagan's big stick. In an "era of violent peace," as Chief of Naval Operations Admiral James Watkins has dubbed this time of terrorism and global tension, American carriers can cruise the globe as island fortresses in troubled seas. Aimed at a Third World despot like Muammar Gaddafi, they can add an explosive exclamation point to presidential rhetoric. To John Lehman, Reagan's aggressive Navy Secretary, the carriers have an even more important strategic role. He believes they can safeguard vital sea-lanes during peacetime and could press close to Soviet shores in the early hours...
...paradoxical and unprecedented position. Their irreconcilable differences prevent them from making real peace; nuclear weapons prevent them from making war. Partly for that reason, arms control has emerged as the new coin of the realm, which the two sides use to measure progress toward a reduction in tension...