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...Administration has long feared that the Soviets' land-based forces give them the capacity to launch a pre-emptive attack. The Kremlin's 3-to-1 edge in ICBM warheads--which because of their size, speed and accuracy are called "prompt hard-target killers" or "silo busters"--could conceivably wipe out American land-based missiles in a first strike, making it hard for Washington to retaliate. Though many U.S. submarine- and bomber-based warheads would survive, most of these weapons are too slow or inaccurate to be effective against the Soviets' super-hardened military targets. In this grisly war-game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mix of Hope and Hokum | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

With school already in its second week and study cards due, there seemed to be a perverse consensus on campus last week that a natural disaster would wipe away all worries...

Author: By Ben Sherwood, | Title: Dealing With Gloria | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

Many gay activists fear that the stigma of AIDS will wipe out almost two decades of progress in homosexual rights. Tales of AIDS-related homophobia abound: in New York City, some diners avoid restaurants that have gay waiters. In Washington, D.C., a doctor requires gays to be tested for AIDS before he will give them hair transplants. In Louisville, city detectives donned rubber gloves before entering a gay bar to check for underage drinkers. Says Ken Vance, director of a gay counseling center in Houston: "It's going to get worse before it gets better. As more people become aware...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Untouchables | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

That should wipe a smirk off anyone's face. Even a New Yorker...

Author: By Brian W. Kladko | Title: Born in the Garden State | 9/21/1985 | See Source »

...recent years, a host of universities ranging from MIT to Stevens Tech in Hoboken, N.J. have jumped boldly into the computerization race, prompting Orwellian superstition and unrestrained hype over how technology could wipe out higher education as we know it. Harvard, in the meantime, remained quietly on the sidelines, playing the role of spectator in the high-tech race. That is, until...

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Comping Computerization | 9/18/1985 | See Source »

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