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Carter stressed his continued support of the "triad" defense system. The president said he believes the current fleet ofB-52's is capable of providing the air-attack portion of America's nuclear strike force for at least the next decade...
...Diehl, good refereeing consists of a triad of intangibles he labels consistency, acceptance, and control. Hannon phrases his motto as "knowledge of the rules, good judgment, and fairness." Whatever the criteria, every official aims to have "the perfect angle" when he makes a call, which Diehl describes as having the play in full view from its inception to the time of the infraction. "There is no perfect position, you've got to work for it," he adds. For Hannon "the key to the whole thing is hustling and getting down the court...
Like its mammoth defense competitors Northrop and Raytheon--and unnamed others--Lockheed apparently has directed enormous sums to Saudi Arabia's flashy contract agent, Adnan Khashoggi, and his mysterious Triad Corporation. Lockheed officials reportedly payed Khashoggi $106 million in the last five years: the ante is high, but in the unreal world of big-money defense contracts, the stakes are higher still. In Europe, Africa and the Middle East, uneasy rulers are channeling huge sums into sophisticated weapons systems, and American companies are fighting with each other and with foreign competition to obtain slices of the increasingly lucrative...
...will bring to Washington considerable knowledge about one element of HEW's huge triad: education. Born in Grove Hill, Ala., Mathews has been president of the U. of A. since 1969. He took his A.B. and M.A. there and got a Ph.D. in the history of American education at New York's Columbia University. "His life has been centered around education," says an Alabama associate. "His father and grandfather before him were superintendents of education in Clarke County...
...word, the game was a disaster. The Crimson cagers, had they triad to play worse, would have been unable to do so. They were soundly thrashed by Brandeis at the IAB last night, and although the final score, 95-88, sounds reasonably class, the game itself...