Word: optioning
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...step in the wrong direction." Even Har old Brown has had reservations about the counterforce strategy; he has been wor ried that once a nuclear exchange begins, no matter how limited, it will inevitably escalate into Armageddon. But Brown also believes that the U.S. must have the option of responding to a nuclear strike with something less than a full-scale atomic fusillade...
Then, descend on Harvard Square to open a checking account. Try the NOW account option. Find out what NOW stands for, in the never ending pursuit of useless knowledge. Buy a frisbee and four Harvard t-shirts at the Coop. Purchase lunch at Elsies, (where John F. Kennedy '40 used to eat--you have a heritage to live up to now) and take it back to the steps of Widener, where you can eat your first meal at Harvard by flouting the rule that it's gauche to be reverent...
...third option--uniting behind Jimmy Carter--will take more than the endorsement delivered by Ted Kennedy via Tip O'Neill earlier this week. Left Democrats, as noted, are concerned about causes--the woman's movement will realize that Carter spurned their ERA and abortion platform planks, some Blacks walked out last night because he wouldn't even meet with them, and labor may recognize that "hundreds of thousands of jobs" promised by Carter is not quite the same as the $12 billion employment program he repudiated. Four years ago, Carter was an untested commodity--liberals voted for him with hope...
...NAVY. It's more than a job, it's a far-fetched salvage operation. When ensigns tire of defending our shores or learning exciting technical skills that will help them land rewarding civilian jobs, they have an option. "I want to go down in a Jules Verne-submarine," they can demand, and before long they'll be on location, somewhere in the Atlantic, driving around bathyscapes in search of the ship "even God couldn't sink." Some of the submarines "implode" (burst apart at the seams to the detriment of their crews), but others survive to pump the hull...
...troubles were reflective of the whole auto industry's. The company sold 41% fewer cars domestically in the second quarter this year than last, when it earned $1.2 billion. And few of the autos it was able to sell were the big option-laden models that produce the highest profits. Finally, the firm spent an estimated $2 billion in the last quarter on development of its new fuel-efficient fleet...