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...deterrence were to fail and the Soviets fired the first shot, the SIOP is intended to give the President an elaborate array of carefully calibrated choices for retaliation. The task would be twofold and exquisitely difficult: on the one hand, to react in a way that would both punish the Soviets for what they had done and limit their ability to do more, while at the same time to avoid overreacting, so as not to provoke an all-out follow-up attack in which the Soviets throw everything they have...
Citing arms sales to Taiwan and Russian domestic problems among the reasons for Brezhnev's move. Marshall Goldman, associate director of the Russian Research Center, said yesterday he was "skeptical" that the Chinese would react enthusiastically to the proposal...
...reaction, according to U.C.L.A. Sociologist Ralph H. Turner, who spent two years studying the concerns of Southern Californians. Says he: "We don't worry about threats or risks unless they are highly probable and imminent. When we are confronted with threats about which we can do nothing, we react by denial. It keeps our sanity...
...manipulation that runs through The Creditors. It is the weaker of the two plays at Quincy. This bizarre dialogue in which one interlocutor is silent holds great potential for a confident actress, but Barrett rushes through the scene with few pauses, leaving no time for Kristiina Harrison to react, and leaving the audience no time to understand. (This weekend, Barrett will play the silent role and Sarah Sewall will go on as the speaker...
HOLLYWOOD HAS LONG suffered a reputation as a political weathervane, willing to react only to the winds of popular public sentiment, and avoiding controversy at any cost. Traditionally, the small-time movie-makers with low budgets and little to lose have tackled hot political issues, while the major studios have ` to the tastes of their audiences. It seems refreshing, therefore, when a major Hollywood studio does come up with a movie that dares to ask some questions. Missing is such a movie. And with a bold advertising campaign, a pair of big name stars and vast nationwide distribution behind...