European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes april 1966 daily Magazine Reagan starring in his own Osfar wars by Ellen Goodman when Ronald an old Hollywood Dis covered that he  get the Label Star wars off the National he did the next Best thing he chose the role he wanted to he would be the Wise the Man who possessed the secrets of both Hitech and in his Obi Wanke Nobi Guise he told the National space club the strategic defense initiative had been labelled Star but it int about its about it int about its about it int about its about Hope and in that if you will Pardon my stealing a film the Force is with indeed it Star wars has had a much More successful run than anyone when it opened in Washington two years the critics predicted that it would be laughed off the National but Star wars has been recast from a comedy to a morality play and its being taken very by All the usual supporting players have taken their places in this the defense Industry is salivating Over the scientists Are talking about interesting the Pentagon even announced on Cue that the soviets Are ahead of us in Star Type i dont think we can credit this remarkable Turna round solely to the stage presence of the nor can we dismiss Star wars As science fiction Pap any Reagan has done what he does Best by making a direct connection with some deep anxiety and yearning in his mass audience the anxiety about nuclear the yearning for the irony is that Star wars is an heir apparent to the peace it took four years of work by activists to rub away the National numbness toward the dangers of nuclear but their work left us with jittery nerve americans Are conscious finally that we no defense against nuclear but the freeze movement didst offer a just a pause at the status Reagan quite taken the moral High ground from the peace he is offering this illusion is offered by the Star wars the claim is made most most in the bizarre fundraising letter of the citizens for a High they state categorically this plan would make All of us Safe from nuclear missile attack if you fear nuclear weapons and who Doest youll be relieved to know that this system uses no nuclear devices of any they and that it will actually Render harmless virtually All nuclear missiles anyone might fire at the Beauty of Star wars to including the is that it imagines a technological fix to the human we can have Security without especially without having to Trust the of not everyone is hooked by the attraction of a fanciful program with a billion tag for five years of Only a handful of experts believe it would As for in the latest Harris men favored devel Oping such a system by three but women opposed it by 34 a full 75 percent of americans agreed that the soviets would counter these weapons with own in an other round of the arms but the psychological Appeal of Star wars is enor the imagery the most ardent opponent would like to believe with the High frontiersmen in a plan that would make All of us Safe from nuclear missile attack a revolutionary approach to ending the balance of nuclear terror the fact that Star wars draws such a big crowd suggests that were looking for new answers any new the peace movement made us feel More aware and less there is less Confidence today in deter the Public discussion has turned for the first time in decades we May see a full blown debate that goes to the to the very of defense in a nuclear the dramatic trick will be to extend this discussion beyond the presidents theater of the Post writers group Pef Peeve is one of his Pef peeves by James Kilpatrick a letter is at hand from Brewer of Lincoln in which she unloads a few of her pet i put pet peeves in quotes because pet Peeve is one of my pet but never she lists a few usages she finds especially and she wonders about the dislikes of other for she objects to the cliche that so often puts steaming in front of cup of she objects to run Neth which belongs in the 23rd psalm and not quite some time is How Long is quite a recent headline in the oregonian got her Goat state warns insurance agencies not to infer retire ment system the difference Between infer and she is a simple Why Are so Many writers confused by the verbs among my own 500 As Many of you Are the misuse of such words As literally and a misplaced Only rouses my i have sworn unremitting hostility to sworn Brewers question is what gripes you a few weeks in discussing regional differences in i passed along a query about the strip of grass Between Street and what is it called in some areas it appears to be a berm or a readers now advise me that in parts of new Jersey its a Green in Ohio its the Devil strip or the tree and in Oregon its the parking or the parking the mail brings some irresistible the new York times in a piece about toxic says the syn drome most often occurs in women during menstruation but it also can occur in postmenopausal men and from a column called the Peoples pharmacy in the Baltimore we learn that Many pharmacists would like a place where they could talk privately with one told us of a trying moment recently when he had to explain to a Young woman How to administer a douche in front of a Small audience of there was the nature Lover in the Wallowa county chieftain who enjoyed feeding wild Birds that would come into her Yard and the family a letter to the editor of the Asbury Park press tells us what it takes to amuse the old folks the fire that destroyed the Acme supermarket in the Oakhurst area is thoroughly missed by a lot of and most of All by the senior citizens in the Vero Beach pres journal carried a sheriffs report that a 33year old woman had been suggestively approached by a Man with a Golden after saying hello to the the dog ran off and the Man continued Conversa Golden retrievers Are not much on Small getting Back to basics for a moment one of the Basic rules of writing is not to invent new verb forms when old verb forms Are still in the Augusta Chron icle had a Story about a poacher who killed a couple of Deer at Pendleton King Park the two Deer were drug Over the from the los Angeles times while an Auto Mechanic cringed to life after receiving three hearts from the a in scientists and museum officials have disproved the Folk legend that eggs can be stranded on their fat ends Only during the Vernal from the a in new in a Story about John Zaccaro he allegedly removed from the estate of an elderly woman and ended the Money to his own i dont mean to spoil the sport of writers with a lust for but honest to theres nothing wrong with such verbs As stood and try them some time you might grow to like c Universal press service j if Pom today crossword across 1 switch position 4 of men 8 the eternal City 12 Spanish greeting 13 Isles off Ireland 14 popular author Gafter by Eugene Sheffer 39 pungent Down Candy 1 of the ear 41 papal veil 2 counterfeit 43 portico 3 ran away 44 French 4 coarse lace 5 tax 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