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...This was a beatable team," the ninth-year Harvard coach continued. "We were clearly in command of the game, except for that one stretch. I thought we gave them a good...
...computer education continued. "Just define your variables, make the computer print whatever statements they tell you to, and input one variable." Then she told me I would have to use something called an "If...Then " command. I didn't understand what the command did, but I didn't need to, so I just memorized what I would have to type...
During McManus' all too brief 19 months in command at TIME, the magazine was particularly praised for last year's American Best special issue, the creation of an Ethics section, the pioneering application of new technology to provide late coverage of the breakdown of the Iceland summit, and the remarkable use of photography in the Statue of Liberty Centennial issue, including the largest picture ever to appear in TIME, a four-page foldout of the fireworks over New York harbor. For such achievements last year, the magazine is again one of the five finalists for a National Magazine Award...
...This is the axis of our resupply effort," says a lanky guerrilla known as Comandante 42, the second in command of an 800-man force that protects the supply lines. The axis, though, is fragile. Contra sentries are posted up and down the river, but Sandinista troops may lie in ambush. Government patrols can call in air support when they encounter the guerrillas...
...former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara puts it, a credible deterrence presupposes a believable command and control structure. Aaron's concern is that C 3 is the Achilles' heel of America's capacity to respond. "Deterrence is like fine crystal," he says. "It's tough, but brittle and can shatter...