Word: testing
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...also become increasingly concerned about a new generation of intercontinental ballistic missiles that the Soviets are ready to test and about existing rockets that may become "silo busters," with the explosive force and pinpoint accuracy to destroy U.S. missiles in their underground launchers. In light of this potential danger-and because Carter canceled the B-1 bomber program-the U.S. feels that cruise missiles will have to assume a major share of the burden for retaliation in case of a surprise Soviet attack. Thus Washington will bow to Moscow's insistence that cruises be restricted only if the Soviets...
...before the Orange "attack," the U.S. 1st Infantry Division was airlifted from Fort Riley, Kans., the 3rd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division arrived from Fort Carson, Colo., and the 2nd Battalion (Ranger) of the 75th Infantry came from Fort Lewis, Wash. The exercises were the first large-scale test of "interoperability"-coordination of the somewhat different communications systems, tactics and equipment used by the alliance's armed forces. Thus U.S. Cobra helicopters, armed with TOW antitank missiles, provided cover for West German tank units and were directed to targets by West German officers. Old tricks were also polished...
...meet the standards of a 1969 U.S. federal regulation that set maximum noise levels for jets. But the clamor to permit the Concorde into the U.S. was so great that William Coleman, the Ford Administration's Transportation Secretary, decided in 1975 to give the aircraft a 16-month test at Washington's Dulles and New York's John F. Kennedy International airports. Local suits blocked the test at J.F.K., but 100-seat Concordes, carrying more than 80 passengers, have been landing and taking off a dozen times a week at Dulles...
...decision in favor of Bakke would open the door to a multitude of lawsuits by students who believe they have been wronged by admissions officers who use criteria other than grades and test scores. Such a decision would discourage admissions committees from examining the roles that the students they select will play in a multi-racial society in need of professionals from a wide range of backgrounds. Even if it would not dissuade institutions from seeking qualified minority students, a decision for Bakke would deprive universities of the recruiting benefits that result from minority admissions programs, which for many minority...
Sending the case back to California, as the Justice Department and many others prefer, would represent an abdication of responsibility. Like the Marco DeFunis case the Court refused to decide on three years ago, Regents v. Bakke is not a particularly good test case. It is, nonetheless, suitable enough for the purpose of putting judicial weight behind special admissions programs--an act that cannot be stalled much longer...