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Polacolor is not entirely foolproof. For one thing, the user must take some account of temperature, both when snapping a picture and developing it. This is presumably why the new film is first being introduced in Florida; it will not be sold in the north until the weather warms up. With elementary care, though, any amateur should be able to take good pictures with Polacolor...
...that has gone off course. Most of the Strategic Air Command bombers return to their bases. But wait! One six-bomber squadron is heading past its fail-safe point toward Moscow! Something horrible has gone wrong! A little electronic device in one of the U.S.'s billion-dollar, foolproof, fail-safe machines is on the fritz. Thermonuclear war is about to start by mistake. The President of the U.S. calls Khrushchev on the hot line to Moscow. To convince Khrush that the U.S. intended no aggressive action, he promises to order New York City obliterated, tit for tat. Khrush...
...even more confusing, are often subject to revision after they come out. Geoffrey Moore, of Manhattan's private and prestigious National Bureau of Economic Research-which first formulated the leading indicator system-points out that they are useful for calling the signals during the game, but are only foolproof for Monday morning quarterbacking. "An economist," says Moore, "can be pretty sure about the date of a recession-with in three or four months after it begins...
What about the danger? How safe is sport parachuting? Like riding in airplanes or even in cars, it's not 100 per cent foolproof, though the statistics are overwhelmingly in favor of your coming out alive...
Craving Coordination. Although the U.S. is totally committed to the nuclear defense of Western Europe, the French do not consider the commitment foolproof. Should there be a limited Russian attack on Western Europe, U.S. strategy calls for NATO's conventional "shield forces" to resist, thereby providing a "pause"during which the U.S. and its Allies can decide what to do. The French claim they fear that the U.S. might then decide to save its main force for the moment when the U.S. itself is attacked...