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Chernenko was considerably less ebullient. In his debut as General Secretary, he stressed the Soviet Union's determination to maintain its military strength and denounced Western leaders for their "reckless actions" that threaten the strategic balance. But American officials chose to stress that Chernenko had refrained from singling out the U.S. or Ronald Reagan by name and that he had reiterated the Soviet Union's preference for solving international disputes by negotiation...
...major cause of concern for TIME's board was President Reagan's budget, which Heller called "the most reckless in modern history." According to estimates by board members, there will be annual deficits of close to $200 billion during at least the next three years. Such shortfalls threaten to drive up interest rates and eventually abort the recovery. Board Member Charles Schultze, a Brookings Institution senior fellow, who was unable to attend the meeting because of bad weather on the East Coast, said in an interview afterward: "These deficits will do damage to investment and long-run growth...
...targeting only battlefields. NATO can credibly threaten to employ tactical nuclear weapons in response to a Soviet conventional thrust into Europe. In view of the TTAPS findings the risk of rapid escalation of forces to an all out exchange virtually disappears. So deployment of large warheads not the quick introduction of small ones is what the U.S. must avoid in any European confrontation. By shying away from No First Use pledges the U.S. can discourage any Soviet adventures in Europe without spending billions of dollars to beef up NATO's conventional forces...
Creating such a consummate and pure fantasy is a difficult task, and sometimes the flaws threaten the illusion. The second act doesn't reach the same energy of the first for 40 minutes. During that section, the pacing slows and the score, often a little repetitive, becomes boring. The production tries to cover up the weaknesses with elaborate set changes and highly imaginative props. But while they pull out all the stops, we can't help but think that the effects are just too much. As the colored lights flash and wink in bright display, the scene comes to resemble...
...Parliament, however, the Greens have disagreed on many issues. The main division is between the pragmatists who are interested in forming coalitions with the Social Democrats, and the fundamentalists for whom principles take precedence over any attempt at compromise. Even the strain of everyday, working together seems to threaten this alliance Speaking of the that, the budget specialist of the Greens. Hubert Kleinert, complains that we're moving on thin...