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Miscalculations of the rival's intentions are common. In 1960, there was fear of a "missile gap." In 1965, the U.S. concluded that the Russians had given up quantitative arms competition, only to see them spurt forward later. And before leaving office, McNamara acknowledged that, overall, the U.S. had spent too much on weaponry during his tenure because of mistaken estimates of Russian intentions. However, the Russians have accelerated their buildup, tripling their supply of land-based missiles in little more than two years. The U.S. remains ahead in overall nuclear-delivery capability, but Russia continues to close...
...this century the population of the U.S. will swell by 100 million people. Most of them will crowd into the nation's urban areas, which already house 70% of all Americans on a minuscule 10% of the land. The implications of such an enormous spurt, in terms of urban sprawl, congestion and the very quality of life are obvious-and appalling...
Harvard erased the lead with a spurt at the end of the period to tie the score but could not find the mark in the final period, sending the game into overtime...
...eight-point spurt by Yale in the closing four minutes enabled the Elis to take a 76-70 victory over Harvard's varsity basketball team in a close Ivy League game last night...
Harvard, which is 3-1 after last week's 44-10 victory over U. Mass. and 1-0 in the Ivy League, will be counting on strong performances from juniors Bruce Goodman and Paul Catinella at 130 and 137 and sophomore Pat Coleman at 145 to contain the Columbia spurt in the early matches. Coleman, who wrestled at 152 against U. Mass., was moved down this week to strengthen the Crimson lightweight effort...