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THIS IS SOBERING stuff. Instead of SDI being the benificent shield Reagan paints it to be, it would simply elevate the arms race to a new level of terror. As late as November Reagan still claimed that SDI is, "strictly a non-nuclear defense." However, Robert English of the Committee for National Security has predicted that if research showed the use of SDI for offensive purposes, efforts would be directed toward that goal...
...Wargames. Colonel Northrecommends the "Photon" laser gun and shield setat $65.00 for his young troopers who want toengage in hand to hand combat. For the moreimaginative, our nation's leaders recommend theG.I. Joe Action Doll enlists for $4.00, G.I. JoeMotorbike for $12.00 and the G.I. Joe AircraftCarrier for $200.00. All at FAO Schwarz...
...chief duty in Laos was conducting press briefings. "The function of a press attache is to shield his superiors from the press," he says, explaining the "better me than the ambassador" philosophy...
...Bros., the second largest American soapmaker, sued the Customs Service last week to block U.S. sales of goods produced by its sister company, London-based Lever Bros. Ltd. (Both are subsidiaries of Unilever, a British-Dutch consortium.) In 1983 the American Lever Bros. was enjoying splashy sales of its Shield deodorant soap and Sunlight dishwashing detergent when products with the same names began appearing at discount prices. Manufactured by the British Lever Bros., the soaps had been shipped to the U.S. by unauthorized middlemen. The U.S. firm complains that the British products have proved unsuited to American tastes and have...
...Court, all the participants are played by actors, and the proceedings -- including the final decision by Judge William D. Burns Jr., a Los Angeles municipal-court commissioner -- are totally scripted to reflect the outcome of similar real-life cases. The Judge, with a title character played by Actor Bob Shield and melodramatic scenes outside the courtroom, often seems scarcely different from a daytime soap...