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Clad in tuxedos and full-length formal gowns, the Harvard-Radcliffe ballroom dancing team dominated Saturday's Harbor Invitational at the University of Massachusetts at Boston...
...reasonable standard, both treaties were estimable accomplishments. CFE blunted the threat of a Soviet-led blitzkrieg by the Warsaw Pact against Western Europe; START brought about a substantial reduction in MIRVed ICBMs, particularly Soviet ones, the potential instruments of a nuclear-age Pearl Harbor. However, by the time CFE was signed, the Warsaw Pact was nearly defunct, and one of its member states, East Germany, had ceased to exist -- or more to the point, had defected to NATO. Soviet divisions were pulling out of Eastern Europe for reasons that had nothing to do with CFE and everything to do with...
...cities. Japan's brutal aggression is ignored. But last week, at a ceremony marking the 46th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, the city's mayor, Takashi Hiraoka, for the first time apologized for the pain Japan caused. Noting that the "horror" began with its 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, he said, "Japan inflicted great suffering on the peoples of Asia and the Pacific during its reign of colonial domination and war. For this we are truly sorry...
MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS. Already PCR has begun to help physicians determine which babies born to AIDS-infected mothers also harbor the virus. Since all newborns carry their mother's antibodies whether or not they are actually infected, standard antibody tests are inconclusive. PCR, however, can home in on the minute quantities of viral DNA that may be present in only 1 out of 100,000 . cells. A positive diagnosis means the baby can immediately begin therapy with...
...intentions are every bit as menacing as their present capabilities. Senator Jesse Helms recently warned that the Soviets are still "cheats and liars and scoundrels." Some of Bush's top advisers fear the mischief Helms could make during the debate this fall over the ratification of START. They also harbor misgivings of their own about the Soviets. That is why they insisted on holding out for rules on verification that are intended as insurance against some future leader who might live up to Helms' epithets. The conclusion of the treaty and this week's summit were delayed for months...