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...History 1a, "Western Societies, Politics and Cultures," marks the first time since the late 1960s that Harvard has offered an introductory survey course in European civilization and it attempts to cover Europe from ancient Greece to the English revolution...
Western analysts viewed the Soviet steps as a propaganda gesture designed to encourage Senate passage of the treaty and to win over nervous West Europeans. Sure enough, West Germany's opposition Social Democrats urged Chancellor Helmut Kohl to respond by starting to remove the 72 Pershing 1A missiles that Bonn and Washington jointly control on West German soil. But NATO officials insist that no Western missiles be scrapped until the Senate ratifies the INF accord...
...Soviets reiterated, however, that any agreement on the missiles would require the destruction of U.S. warheads earmarked for use on West German shorter-range Pershing 1A missiles...
...pushing for a "global zero" plan that would eliminate all such weapons. The Soviets have made conflicting noises about whether they might agree to this, but their official position is that they will not. Another stumbling block involves shorter-range missiles. The Soviets insist that 72 old Pershing 1A missiles in West Germany must be dismantled as part of a deal. While the missiles belong to the West Germans, their nuclear warheads belong to the U.S. American officials say eliminating these systems would cause a political uproar in Bonn and strain its ties with Washington. That may be precisely what...
...system of "teleteaching" tested at Harvard last semester allows instructors to communicate via personal computers and telephones with students in other buildings, and even in other states. This year students in Math E-1A, "Introduction to the Calculus," will be among the first to attend lectures electronically...