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Reactions to Reagan's defense of his military spending plans were dwarfed by the debate over his vision of satellite missile killers. "To inject and hurl out this new idea while the whole world is waiting for the U.S. to come up with a reasonable arms control proposal I find bizarre," said Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut. "Can you imagine the reaction here and abroad if Yuri Andropov had made this speech?" Others were appalled at the enormous potential costs of a space race. Said Republican Senator Mark Hatfield of Oregon: "It is a call to siphon...
...could lead to more emphasis on low-flying missiles, like the cruise, that would not be vulnerable to space defenses. The satellites could also be vulnerable. "Many potential counters, such as decoys or space mines, have the power to neutralize space-based systems," says Stanford University Physicist and Arms Control Expert Sidney Drell. His colleague Arthur Schawlow, who won the Nobel Prize for his work on developing the laser, agrees: "A laser battle station out in space would be a sitting duck...
...well over the last several years.”MacDonald agrees and puts faith in the ability of his teammates to execute as they did on Sunday, when a loss to Quinnipiac would have meant an end to the season.“I think the team that can control their emotions and stayed disciplined and stick to their gameplan will most likely be victorious,” MacDonald said. The closest individual match-up arguably occurs between the two men standing at opposite ends of the ice: sophomore goalie Kyle Richter and Cornell net-minder Ben Scrivens. Boasting...
...freshman’s second effort proved crucial. After taking the first set 6-3, Omodele-Lucien earned a pivotal break at 4-4 to put the match in his hands and then served out an emotional last game to put the Crimson seemingly in control, 3-1. Unfortunately, the tension would rise after freshman Alexei Chijoff-Evans dropped six singles 6-4, 6-3. With two close matches still in progress, Harvard needed to take at least one to earn victory. Clayton and Ermakov did not shift focus as quickly as their teammates and, after dropping their opening sets...
...which earnest freshmen feel either doom or delight. Delight is what you feel when you’ve been lotteried into Adams. Doom is what you feel when you’ve been exiled to the Quad. For the most part, where you are delivered is out of your control. Housing is a crapshoot at Harvard, and all you can do is block wisely and hold on tight...