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...report acknowledges European fears that a nuclear exchange on the battlefield could not be limited and would quickly turn into a continent-wide holocaust. It suggests that a buildup of conventional forces is a credible alternative because it would provide NATO commanders with a greater range of options for checking a Soviet advance, thus making the use of nuclear weapons less likely. To repel the first invasion forces in a Warsaw Pact blitzkrieg across Central Europe, the committee of strategists urged NATO to acquire more sophisticated ground-and air-launched conventional missile systems that could be targeted at Soviet bloc...
...survey of the viewing preferences of videogame freaks. The characters are flatter than Pac-Man and Frogger, the action is all hand-eye coordination. The concluding aerial chase above downtown Los Angeles is full of searing flashes, but it is actually as unaffecting as a round of Missile Command. The real estate takes a beating, but not a single innocent bystander is harmed as the aircraft careers around skyscrapers. That, is perhaps the least of the many implausibilities Badham hustles the audience past, cool-eyed, professional as any air-traffic controller with his eyes glued to the radarscope...
...received for his transition, he returned $128,000. Ford regularly gives back $12,000 to $14,000 a year in expenses. When Nixon moved from Manhattan to a house in Saddle River, N.J., he spent $50,000 of his own money to convert a carport into a Secret Service command post. Ford Aide Robert Barrett defends the federal allowances. Says he: "It's the only reasonable way to deal with what former Presidents have to deal with." -By Maureen Dowd. Reported by Hays Gorey/Washington
...considerable share of ministerial power. But they are deeply divided over a number of issues, including alliance with the Socialists. Scares, for his part, would probably like to strike a deal with the Social Democrats. He needs the 75 votes that the Social Democrats are expected to command in the next parliament, and he wants to spread political responsibility for salvaging the economy. Said he: "We must declare a political and social truce that will permit the country to overcome the crisis. It is not a task for one group or party...
Heidemann's tale began on the morning of April 21,1945, at a Schonwalde airstrip, seven miles from Hitler's bunker in Berlin. After a frenzied scene of chaos that delayed top-priority military flights, ten airplanes carrying staff members and cargo from Hitler's last command post took off for Salzburg. Nine made the trip safely; the tenth, flying in radio silence for security reasons, crashed. At least two people who were on the scene believe that the downed plane carried Hitler's personal papers. According to the Nazi leader's personal pilot, Hans...