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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What stymied the talks this time were again relatively minor issues. Both sides, for example, had previously agreed that the number of MlRVs (multiple warheads) on each type of intercontinental ballistic missile would be frozen at the quantity already tested. That meant a maximum of ten for the Soviet monster SS-18. But last December the U.S. detected the Soviets testing an SS-18 in a way that suggested that the missile might soon have the capacity to carry twelve warheads. Since the MIRV freeze is an important selling point in the upcoming battle for SALT II ratification, the Carter...
...modify the emergency core-cooling systems (which are designed to pour thousands of gallons of cooling water on a runaway reactor and thereby prevent The China Syndrome-type meltdown that was narrowly averted at Three Mile Island...
...western music. But it is trying more adventurous approaches too. In March it treated viewers to a peek at the topless chorus girls of the Folies Bergere in Paris (a similar show had been on HBO earlier). Its other offerings have included What's Up, America?, a magazine-type show taking looks at Americana (a honeymoon hotel, an erotic bakery), and specials featuring Lola Falana, Engelbert Humperdinck and Debbie Reynolds...
What does all this mean to the viewer? Generally, programming of greater diversity and sophistication than can be seen on network TV. What exactly the viewer sees, however, varies with the type of cable service offered in a new subscriber's neighborhood, and also with his or her choice. Essentially, there are two kinds of hookups...
...Many people believe we're running an Avon-lady type of operation--this isn't so," Bechtal said...