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...solved these problems yet, and it is a safe bet Ronald Reagan will do little but worsen them. Indeed, there seems a tremendous chance that Fallows' prescriptions for change in the military make atrocities like Vietnam easier. Central to his book is the hope that the "military spirit" can be restored; he calls it the "most important task in defense." There must be, he writes, "a bond of respect between the military and rest of society," achieved mainly through the draft. But any society that thinks too much of its military may be heading towards militarism, with all its attendant...
...youth movement.' It is really many movements. It is peace marchers in Hamburg, antinuke protesters in Brokdorf, squatters in West Berlin. But what they share in common is anxiety over what will happen to them in the future. Suddenly we are being told that economic conditions will worsen, that there are no longer enough resources, that it may not be possible for us to live in peace...
...administration's international credo. But to in his first major speech on the economy and in his advisers' subsequent specific additions to it, the president has placed his faith in an untested and highly speculative course of action that could very well worsen the economic "mess" he wants so desperately to clean...
...also speculated that relations with Cuba may worsen under the Reagan administration, making any academic exchange even more difficult...
Dependent on foreign suppliers for 85% of its petroleum needs, Brazil fears that an unchecked appetite for oil could stunt the country's growth and worsen its already horrendous 109% inflation rate. Five years ago, the Brazilian government began heavily subsidizing construction of new sugar distilleries to encourage the switch from crude to cane. As production of alcohol increased, new service-station pumps popped up around the country. At first, most of them dispensed gasohol, which was mixed at a ratio of 80% gasoline to 20% alcohol and could be used by regular car engines. But in the past...