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...easy-target airfields-will provide an almost irresistible temptation for a potential enemy to strike while he has an edge in missiles, and thus eliminate U.S. nuclear forces with only a minimal risk of retaliation. At the very least the U.S. must strive for nuclear forces that can withstand a first blow-by dispersing and protecting its bombers, rushing missile bases underground, and mobilizing such missiles as Minuteman (on trains) and Polaris (in submarines). At best, all the U.S. can hope to achieve is a situation of "mutual invulnerability." And under mutual invulnerability the threat of all-out nuclear...
...Built to withstand the ages, the Bent St. yards had the only facilities for intensive maintenance and repairs on the entire system. However, recent developments indicate that the MTA may have another yard which could handle Bennett St. traffic...
...likely--Algeria gains its independence, then seven terrible years will have been in vain, and there will be angry popular reaction. The French government which frees Algeria must be able to withstand the ensuing political storms; and even the enemies of Charles le Grand concede that he is France's only present alternative to rule by the extreme right...
...apparent inability to act conclusively on major issues, the Secretary General has emerged as the chief political agent of the U.N., Morgenthau declared. The recent attack of Khrushchev threatens the security of Dag Hammarskjold. However, the Secretary General was overwhelmingly supported in an Assembly vote and seems likely to withstand the Soviet barrage...
...London dentist, Moss has been driving autos since he was ten. Muscular but small-he weighs 154 lbs. and stands 5 ft. 8 in. "with my thick socks on"-he is ideally built to withstand the hours of high-speed driving in a racer's tiny cockpit. His experience has taught him every trick of handling the 250-h.p. Grand Prix cars. He can swing a car into a slide to kill speed, use a bank bordering on a turn, as a buffer to keep his rear wheels on the road. He won last year's Italian Grand...