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...Defense Caspar Weinberger accused Moscow of violating the SALT II treaty by deploying a new type of single-warhead strategic missile, the SS-25 (the Soviets contend it is only a modification of an earlier design). Although the two statements were not contradictory, they did differ sharply in tone...
...with qualified applicants. Last year, at a time of renewed patriotism, it received 12,644 applications for some 1,400 places. Although only 12% of newly commissioned U.S. Army lieutenants are West Pointers, 37% of the Army's generals once wore cadet gray. The academy sets the tone for the officer corps; it regards itself as a repository of martial virtue and soldierly professionalism. By its own claim, West Point's success at imbuing its graduates with these qualities will determine America's success in future wars...
Doctorow's artifacts have a familiar, wistful charm. Yet there is a curious defensiveness to his enterprise. Tone seems to have been substituted for emotion; artiness replaces vitality. Doctorow aims for a myth that would link a nation on the edge of war and a boy approaching adolescence, but he is too cautious with his material. He calls the book a novel, yet it has few of the elements usually associated with the form. A melancholy Edgar ticks off his experiences and observations; his mother, brother and aunt make brief personal appearances, while the father remains silent and remote. Even...
...would be naive to expect the leaders of two nations with sharply contrasting political and social systems and deeply differing values even to begin to solve these impacted problems in eight hours of talks on Tuesday and Wednesday. But their meeting could at least set the tone for whatever combination of shouting and serious negotiation (it is unlikely to be either/or) will succeed the silence. A whole world will be anxiously watching every eyelid they lift or lower...
More disconcerting even than Gorbachev's substantive positions was his tone. The Soviet leader who met Shultz last week was not at all the affable crowd pleaser who toured London, Paris and Soviet farms and factories; he was a tough executive used to dominating a discussion. One American described the Soviet chief's demeanor as "intellectually curious, vigorous, active, articulate, argumentative, self-assured, occasionally impulsive." Suspicious too. According to Shultz, Gorbachev "suggested all that happens results from a conspiracy of the [U.S.] military and Big Business." Another American official reported Gorbachev seemed convinced that U.S. policy "was heavily influenced...