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...unveiling his own missile-defense proposals while on a visit to Italy and the Vatican. Putin proposed the joint development of a missile-defense scheme that would protect the U.S., Russia and all of Europe from attacks by "rogue states." But unlike Washington's plan to build an umbrella to intercept incoming missiles before they reach U.S. soil, the Russians propose the joint development of a system of interceptors stationed near missile-capable "rogue states" that would target their missiles immediately after firing and destroy them in the "boost phase," before they leave the stratosphere...
...system mooted by Putin can't be built quickly enough - it would take 10 years rather than the five envisaged by Washington to cope with the emergence of a potential North Korean threat." Then again, Putin's primary objective may be to outflank Washington's efforts to build an umbrella system Russia fears may eventually neutralize its own nuclear deterrent, thereby destabilizing the nuclear balance - a prospect that has Western Europe scared that Washington's plan could reignite the arms race. "It's a Russian tradition in arms control politics to do whatever they can to peel away Europe from...
...October 11, 1999, at a minute past midnight, Radcliffe College officially came to an end. For 120 years, there had been two colleges under the Harvard umbrella, dedicated to the interests and needs of undergraduates; in the October night, Radcliffe College was no more, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study was born. While this merger is likely to be the best policy for both Harvard College and the Radcliffe Institute to pursue their goals, the question still remains how women's issues and gender concerns will be addressed in the post-Radcliffe...
Rudenstine also came to Harvard aiming to take on the way the schools beneath the Harvard umbrella do business. The central administration of the University, headquartered in Mass. Hall, had very little power over the branches of the school that--theoretically--answered...
...wins enough money, he said, he might try to buy back and renovate the Hasty Pudding building. The Institute of 1770, an umbrella group for the Pudding, signed the building over to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in April...