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...HAVE the guts? Would you kill millions of innocent men, women, and children, and possibly destroy the world, because the Soviet Union lobbed a few hundred-megaton nuclear warheads on the fair old U.S. of A.? The question is, of course, heavily loaded; and answering 'no' is crucial to coming to terms with Jonathan Schell's latest epistle. The Abolition...
...serves as a kind of combined pep rally to lift the spirits of a party's electoral foot soldiers and a huge free TV commercial to put a campaign message, as phrased by the party's best orators, before the public. A divided and bickering convention can destroy a candidacy, but a harmonious and uplifting one may bring little more than a temporary boost in popularity...
...take on Ronald Reagan [directly], he'll destroy you. You have to take him on sideways. I think he's the best saluter I have ever seen. He's the world champion. You don't try to outsalute him. You don't try to outpopular him. This country is never going to like a Walter Mondale as much as they like Ronald Reagan. But they can respect him more for his qualities of governing this nation...
...married woman of that day could not, in general, own property, testify in court against her husband, sign a contract or keep her earnings. The tyrant responsible for her plight, according to the Declaration of Seneca Falls, was Man, who "has endeavored, in every way that he could, to destroy her confidence in her own powers, to lessen her self-respect, and to make her willing to lead a dependent and abject life...
...superpowers consider talks about controlling weapons in space, the question arises: Which side is ahead? In antisatellite (ASAT) technology, the Soviet Union already has a crude ground-launched system that can destroy satellites orbiting at relatively low altitudes. But the U.S. is on the verge of developing a far superior system. As for the Star Wars idea of using ASAT technology as part of a ballistic-missile defense that would attempt to intercept enemy missiles before they can deliver their nuclear payloads, the U.S. has a solid lead in the infrared guidance that would be used...