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...this tentatively merging position in the debate may never pain widespread acceptance. In the first place, the majority of American firms are not likely to abandon their apolitical stance in South Africa. While they perceive the possibility of long-term risks to their investments if change does not come, they also believe that painful short-term costs may ensue from antagonizing Pretoria. In addition, because nearly all institutional investors appear to be satisfied with rather straightforward policy guidelines on the South Africa issue--including adherence to the Sullivan Principles, and refusal to make loans directly to the South African government...
...Democrats, despite knowing that it could hurt Reagan badly in the South, where some analysts feel the election will be won or lost. To compensate, the White House is aggressively courting Hispanic voters in Florida Texas and California. It is also trying to reassure white moderates, who might abandon Reagan if he seems indifferent to blacks and other minorities. But it is an uphill struggle. Conceded one adviser: "It's an issue the President...
...Dartmouth College the spring equivalent of Winter Carnival. Green Key Weekend, was celebrated with customary abandon Fraternities gathered to match musical ability in an afternoon long melody contest known as the campus hums" and student drivers piloted chariots pulled by companions in a traditional "recreation" of the ancient Greek races...
...moved into the south. The chief victims of the resulting violence have been Palestinian refugees, who were left defenseless by the departure of the Palestine Liberation Organization last August. Last week alone, masked gunmen killed six Palestinians near Sidon. Some 1,000 others have been forced at gunpoint to abandon their homes. Says a senior officer of the Lebanese Forces: "The Israelis' great mistake was not to disarm everybody in the south...
...selfdelusion. In the "dirty war" against leftist guerrillas in the 1970s, they unleashed a domestic counterterror of their own, confident that the excesses would never have to be explained. Last year they invaded the Falkland Islands, tragically underestimating the British will to resist and the U.S. reluctance to abandon an ally. Now, with the Falklands debacle behind it and elections for a return to civilian rule scheduled for October, the military's latest attempt to justify itself has once again run afoul of reality...