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CHARLOTTE SORLIE' The MX missile is part of major new leap in the arms race. Unt"l the latest series f veapons yst ms - the cruis issile, the Trident submarin • ~nd anti-submar·ne warfare stem~ the nuclear weapons olicy was one of deterrence through utually Assured Destruction (MAD). The U.S. presently has 30,000 tactical nuclear weapon and 9,200 strate ic nuclear weapons, enough to destroy every major Soviet city 35 times (according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists). ow we are seeking the capability to launch a first strike on the Soviet Union: "flexible response" or "counterforce." In January, Harold Brown, Secretary of Defense,
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Conference,/ Cari 'fi5t PEGGY REI SCH "It won't be as- extensive as the Energy Conference," Jenny assured us. And so I volunteered to help with the
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Environmental Center's Spring Conference, "Global Problems and Human Values: The Future of Humanity and the Planet," and Carefest, too. I didn't have a lot of time to put in, but I said I'd do what I could Before I knew it, the very minor role I had et.visioned for myself snowballed into being surrounded by schedules, posters, bookmarks and deadlines. The more time I spend with planning the week of events, however, the more enthusiastic I get. At least that's the way I feel sometime. Dr. Willts Harman, whom I'Vi-• heard so much about, will be·
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