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...fighters, helicopters, minesweepers and military services from Britain in exchange for oil and hard cash. The agreement, signed earlier this month, means that Britain will supplant the U.S. as the Saudis' main arms supplier. The British thus benefited directly from the U.S. Congress's refusal to approve the transfer to the Saudis of 40 advanced F-15 fighters in 1985 and 800 Stinger missiles...
...suppose a lot of white people in Atlanta spend much time talking about its underclass or its soul. They talk about what a splendid place it is to live and about how many people have dug in their heels when faced with transfer to the office parks and new suburbs of some other city. They find Atlanta relatively free of the dreaded insects of Southern summers (because it is higher in altitude than anyone might imagine) and conveniently located (because it is more westerly in longitude than anyone might imagine...
...summarized in a recent op-ed piece in the Los Angeles Times by Space Writer Alcestis Oberg, the wife of James Oberg. "A joint mission," she wrote, "completely and utterly ignores reality." Among the concerns raised by the proposed mission, she wrote, are the "potential for spying, for technology transfer, for interference in our political system, for the 'hostage holding' effect it would have on our space program and on our future." Her conclusion: "A complex, expensive, 25-year-long joint research program is like a marriage. It should be entered into soberly, advisedly, for better or for worse...
...view, a joint mission might help draw the U.S. and the Soviet Union closer together. He dismisses fears that such a mission would risk giving away U.S. technology to the Soviets, pointing out that the Soviets are a decade ahead of the U.S. in several areas of spaceflight. "Technology transfer," Sagan concludes, "is likely to flow both ways...
...power struggle broke into the open when Manigat rescinded an order by Namphy to transfer and retire several top-ranking officers loyal to the government. After Namphy defied the repeal, Manigat moved against him, but the President may have to pull a few more strings before he can prove that he is in full control...