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This will be the final showdown with Brian Goodell, who beat him to the gold in Montreal. Winning this--he won once previously in 1977--title, breaking nine minutes for the 1000 free, and winning at the NCAAs are Hackett's goals for his final season...
...with uranium. South Africa has a plentiful supply of uranium, as well as its own enrichment plants, and can produce all the weapons-grade material that it wants. It also has weapons and delivery systems to launch strikes into any part of Africa that it chooses. When the inevitable showdown in Southern Africa finally arrives in its fullest, the white regime will be able to threaten the people of the continent with nuclear Armageddon. Indeed it is doing so already. "South Africa's nuclear dominance is the result of a conscious decision of the regime to achieve military supremacy..." says...
These are gaps of potential utility to the Kremlin in crises far easier to imagine than a direct Soviet-American nuclear showdown. The Soviets' 3-to-l superiority in tactical nuclear weapons in Europe could help the Kremlin bluff and bully the West Europeans. Therefore the U.S. should devote more of its strained defense budget to improving the ability of America's allies to counter a new generation of mobile Soviet missiles...
Crimson coach Vicki Hays, who has been priming the squad for "The Meet" for several weeks, said after the showdown that all of her swimmers had performed as well or better than expected, but that the Yale second-string had turned in enough outstanding times to change the character of the meet...
Supposedly, tournament director Joe Bertagna will change the format from a simultaneous showdown to the teams' alternating shots for the finals. That would enable the prospective spectator to watch both confrontations, although admittingly delaying the game some extra minutes...