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The welcome reduction of US military expenditure in this week's budget will not be enough to satisfy the Congress, but more can be had only by pushing the administration to accelerate the arms control process.
Replyingto articles published in last week's Nature, Talent re-asserts that V. J. Gupta is responsible for corrupting the palaeontological literature on the Himalayas.
Northern Europe, recovering from last week's gales, is ready to believe in a global warming caused by an excess greenhouse effect. But that is not the reason which an international convention must be hurried along.
The decision of school-leavers In the United Kingdom to go on to higher education in the next few years will be affected by the introduction of student loans.