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...foregone conclusion. But at least Yale acted on a belief that students might have something to add to the discussion. But while Harvard appears to sympathize with those stymied by the government's new restrictions, the College is no more willing than are the lawmakers to accord students a greater measure of responsibility and respect...
...debt, of which $77.7 billion was lent by a consortium of 300 international banks. Last month most of those banks agreed to extend through the end of the century Mexico's repayments on $48.7 billion of the total amount due. About 30 banks, however, have yet to sign the accord, and there are concerns among bankers that the impact of the great quake may lead them to withhold their signatures even longer. "Unless all banks sign," says one U.S. financier, "the whole package could come unstrung." Moreover, Mexican officials estimated last month that they would need about $3 billion...
That is at least partly a result of his Star Wars initiative, which has caused the Soviets deep concern. But if he now totally refuses to budge on Star Wars, the President runs the risk of touching off the costliest surge yet in the arms race. Without some accord on space weapons, the superpowers could get caught in what is known as an offense-defense spiral: each side proliferates offenses to penetrate the other's new or improved defenses, and adds defenses to protect itself against the other's increasingly sophisticated offenses. That is the classic formula for strategic instability...
...much aimed at flushing out guerrillas of the South West African People's Organization as at supporting Angolan insurgents fighting against the Marxist government in Luanda. (South Africa later admitted that it was aiding the Angolan resistance.) The Angolan government said the action violated a 1984 accord under which South Africa agreed to withdraw its forces from southern Angola in exchange for Angola's promise to prohibit SWAPO forces from operating there. The accusation followed the disclosure that South Africa had violated a similar pact with Mozambique by supplying antigovernment guerrillas in that country with radios and weapons. South African...
...goes without saying that the president's most recent, extraordinary measures accord South Africa a unique place on the University's economic and political agendas. For the first time, Bok seems unabashedly unhindered by the fact that countless other suffering peoples could also benefit from Harvard's assistance. Whether Bok has opened a humanitarian Pandora's box has yet to be determined. Clearly, he has broken the paralytic grip that constrained him in the face of daunting moral challenges...