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...NATO and the Atlantic Alliance, Bonn has acted quickly to build up German military trength. Today, Germany fields the largest army in Western Europe; 600,000 men strong, the Bundeswehr is well-trained and equipped with the latest in modern weaponry including tactical nuclear weapons (placed under American command-and-control procedures.) Faithful to NATO defense guidelines, West Germany has become the privileged ally of the United States in the Atlantic Alliance...
...office near the White House and was prospering. Convinced he would not be offered the primary role in Ford's 1976 campaign and doubtful, he says, that the President could win, Sears encouraged Reagan to challenge the incumbent. When the former California Governor finally agreed, Sears took command...
...Bill) Gay, 55, General Counsel Chester Davis, 66, and Nadine Henley, 69, Hughes' former administrative assistant, want to continue to run the empire. Under their plan, Hughes' assets would be transferred entirely to the tax-exempt Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and they, as trustees, would remain in command...
...students choose to take. Throughout, Rassias insists that professors and apprentice teachers alike create a classroom situation that dispels inhibitions and keeps students excited about learning. Says he: "I ban from the classroom any teacher who is not 'alive.' A teacher of language should be in total command of the language, but he should also be a firebrand and an actor." That perfectly describes Rassias himself. For an upper-class lecture on the 18th century French philosopher Diderot, Rassias shows up in class in a blond wig, breeches and billowing shirt and proceeds to act out the emotional...
Only the indefatigable Joseph Kraft, though he lacks Lippmann's magisterial authority, sometimes approaches the master's command of foreign and domestic topics. In fact, in an overreported town like Washington, the best reporting generally comes from those who are specialists in defense, diplomacy or Congress, rather than those who focus on the big picture. Jack Anderson, who minds Drew Pearson's store, still deals successfully in the tattletales of disgruntled bureaucrats. But he no longer has an exclusive franchise, ever since the archtattler of them all, Deep Throat, told his tales elsewhere. Among the newcomers...