Word: zeros
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What emerged from the latest testimony and the hundreds of pages of declassified documents released by Kennedy is a disheartening story. Almost every time the old Atomic Energy Commission was asked by the military to permit troops closer to ground zero or increase their radiation exposure, the AEC ignored its own safety standards and acquiesced. Items...
...editor of the stridently antigovernment Managua daily La Prensa, which was burned to the ground last week by Somoza's troops. The resentment flared into a full-fledged civil war in which at least 2,000 died after a Sandinista force led by the now legendary Comandante Cero (zero) briefly seized the National Palace in Managua last fall. Since then political moderates have reluctantly rallied to the Sandinista cause. As one businessman told TIME Correspondent Bernard Diederich: "If the FSLN wins I don't know what our fate will be, but frankly I would rather see Somoza leave...
...they survey the 1,054 Minuteman and Titan missiles hidden beneath the Western plains, is that increased Soviet missile accuracy will soon make them all vulnerable to a surprise attack. Their answer: build a new missile that is both powerful and movable, so that the Soviets can never zero...
...Sounding a bit like the bastard son of Bugs Bunny and Humphrey Bogart, Falk delivers his wildest speeches with a cool sincerity that bespeaks true comic madness. Arkin is the wailing violin that accompanies Falk's gravel-toned bass. Together these actors form the funniest comic team since Zero Mostel met Gene Wilder in Brooks' The Producers. Not only should the in-laws reunite as soon as possible, but they should also bring Co-Star Libertini back for another ride. His rapid-fire portrayal of the martinet, General Garcia, is at once a deranged Seňor Wences...
Energy is only part of the problem. Another disturbing symptom is the state of American productivity, which after several years of declining growth has in recent months actually dipped below zero progress. America began to play its great role in the world not so much through military power as through its immense productive capacity. Productivity is not simply a matter of people willing to work hard, although that remains a major factor. It is also a matter of maintaining healthy machines and plants, capital investment and innovation. In most of these areas, America now lags behind many other nations...