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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like in W.W. II guys used the Ml, a. Browning automatic rifle, grenades, some machine guns and a bazooka to knock out tanks, if they were close enough. Like 20 ft., our drill instructor said. That's sort of a joke. Well, the M-16 is a lot easier to handle than the Ml, and it can be used after dark. It's got a night scope that can pick up targets a mile away using infra-red light. And you should see what we have instead of the old bazooka. First there...
...thing that bugs me is our tactical nukes. They're little, sort of clean atomic shells that won't make a big mess and maybe won't cause World War III or something if we have to use them. But the way I figure it, a miniature mushroom cloud is still a mushroom cloud. That's one thing Dad never had to think about...
Probably the best that can be expected at Geneva is what Warnke calls "some sort of a synthesis" of these positions. He told TIME that the Soviets have floated an idea to limit the testing of new missiles and that this would "make a big difference" in the bargaining. If some such accord is reached, more drastic limitations could be reserved for an anticipated SALT III agreement-and U.S.-Soviet relations would be back on a closer course. A stalemate at Geneva, however, would signal a deep and not easily repairable disintegration of that troubled experiment known as detente...
...aggressive method of handling his financial affairs. "The only way you can build an estate is by borrowing money and working at it," he says. "A lot of people would say they weren't willing to take those risks, and a conservative fellow wouldn't take that sort of risk. I was willing...
...What would you like to sign at the next conference-a constitution or some sort of agreement for a transitional government...