Unprecedented warnings by officials most closely linked with nuclear arms negotiations and defense strategy indicate that we are running out of time.
ALAN CRANSTONThe explosion of a terrorist’s single nuclear device in a major metropolitan center would trigger an unparalleled humanitarian and environmental disaster.
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The idea of being a foreign correspondent and wandering the world and witnessing great events.
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Unless you have a sense of values that’s shared by people and turns them loose to do certain things on their own within those sets of values.
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Fear and hatred are the legacy of Ronald Reagan. America’s vision of peace and freedom [is being] blasted by the guns of the U.S.
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As the Russian military deteriorates, and as rogue governments and terrorists seek to acquire nuclear capabilities, the threat continues to grow.
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I dont think just scaring people is enough. That worked during the freeze days to a major extent, but we really didnt achieve that much even at that time.
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I believe. France and Germany and Japan, China, other nations, they’re going to exist. But they’re losing their significance and ability to deal with certain matters.
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Its operation in a world beset by fuel and energy crises makes no sense at all.
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Navy in Lebanon, the guns of U.S. paratroopers in Grenada, and the guns of U.S. helicopters in Honduras and El Salvador.
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Medical researchers and military analysts forebode grim consequences.
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You have to have more, you have to give people hope and a vision of a better world.
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Inflation is not all bad. After all, it has allowed every American to live in a more expensive neighborhood without moving.
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There’s a very simple reason for focusing on the nuclear issue. Many, many issues are of supreme importance in one way or another, but if we blow ourselves up with nuclear weapons, no other issue is really going to matter.
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If we fail to act soon, the scars of a major nuclear disaster will mark our immediate and distant future.
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Now, however, an attack may come without warning from an unknown enemy, to achieve unclear motives.
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The probability of a fatal nuclear detonation is greater now than at any time during the Cold War.
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