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Former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger hears an echo from the 18th century, when armies used to maneuver around each other. The one emerging in an inferior position often surrendered quickly so that it could live to fight again. "We march television cameras instead of troops," he says. Warfare that used to seek land, wealth or subjugation now is aimed at the mood in Washington or Qum or Moscow or Riyadh...
...supplier cities: rubbermaking Akron, glassmaking Toledo, steelmaking Youngstown. Layoffs in the auto industry mounted to 116,000 workers (out of a total 765,400), and in steel to 45,000 (out of 466,859). Unemployment also ran higher than the national average in the metropolitan areas that live off heavier industries and old lines of commerce...
...Steer clear of sur-gery-mongering doctors. Taking a pill? Make sure it will not hook you. Worried about cancer? That very worry may cause cancer, some say. Anybody thinking of fleeing might peruse an other recent book, this one by Dr. Robert A. Shakman. Its title: Where You Live May Be Hazardous to Your Health. Its implicit message: You can't escape...
...after the color of his windbreaker. He approached the representatives of ABC, CBS and NBC in Tehran with a tantalizing prospect: an interview with one of the hostages at the U.S. embassy. But there were catches. The networks would have to submit their questions in advance, broadcast the program live (to prevent any editing) in prime time, and allow Iranian students to make statements and ask questions of their...
...eternal life is death-not in the bosom of Jesus-but just death, no more being born again to endure life again to die again. Yet people come in ever-increasing numbers to India to be born again with the conviction that in their rebirth they will relearn to live. At the heart of all our celebrations, which are still lively and colorful, is the realization that we are at a wake. But the tourists we draw because of that color and that liveliness appear to think that they are at a christening...