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Following from this kind of perception comes a real diminution of Carter's ability to act decisively and effectively, either abroad or at home. Yet when Carter's aides challenge his critics to explain what he should be doing differently, the rhetoric is strong, but the answers are far from persuasive. If Americans feel resentful at the sense of being pushed around, and many do, they also remain deeply wary of any new military involvement in the far corners of the world...
...result of the 1978 Middle Income Student Assistance Act grants, awarded separately to Harvard and Radcliffe, for the Supplementary Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG) and the College Work Study Program (CWSP) will more than double...
...state's request, how to choose the delegates and apportion votes in the convention, and whether the convention should refuse to propose an amendment it was summoned to consider. Although the Constitution never mentions these questions, there is no reason to expect Congress will meet serious opposition to an act outlining a convention's procedural details. Senator Sam Ervin (D-N.C.) proposed and the Senate adopted just such a bill twice already, in 1971 and 1973, but the House never approved it. And there are legal precedents applicable to each question--for example, it seems probable a convention would...
...Somerville City Council voted 6-4 on November 30 to rescind its nine-year-old ordinance accepting the rent control provisions of the state legislature's Rent and Eviction Control Act of 1970. Cambridge and Brookline are the only Massachusetts cities that still have full rent control laws. Boston has a partial rent control system...
...Seelen's act didn't end there, however. The budding superstar demonstrated the value of his thrice weekly trips all summer from Cape Cod to Cambridge to train with Crimson coach Joe Bernal by leading off Harvard's medley relay with a 51.56 split for 100 yards backstroke. The sterling sophomore thereby qualified for that event at NCAAs...