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...group's most important functions, transition officials say, will be to adopt a plan for determining the relative roles of the cabinet and the White House staff. Hodsoll said a proposal to make top cabinet members the president's closest policy advisors--advocated by, among others, Graham T. Allison '62, dean of the Kennedy School--"is one of a number of ideas kicking around...
...further agree that the college should more actively alert students to potential dangers. The current programs do emphasize the threat of property crime over that of personal crime. The college has been reluctant to adopt scare tactics which would hurt Harvard's image and drain its admissions pool. However, the "it can't happen to me" syndrome cannot be blamed entirely on college policies...
Local authorities are taking a host of emergency measures to combat crime. The Miami city commission has budgeted $100,000 for an advertising program to attract 150 new police recruits. Though the Miami Beach city commission refused to approve a proposed 11 p.m. curfew, it did adopt a temporary ordinance that allows policemen to stop and frisk anyone suspected of having committed or intending to commit a crime. The commission also voted an interim ordinance against congregating "in a manner that blocks sidewalks or threatens the safety of property or persons," and closed the city's beaches and parks...
Citing the lack of mandatory regulations over non-institutional DNA research, city resident Sheldon Krimsky urged Cambridge officials to adopt a licensing procedure to insure compliance with National Institute of Health guidelines for DNA work...
...regime has reached deep into history to adopt analogies for the current struggle with Iran. Government pronouncements constantly refer to the Iranians as "racist Persians." The victory of the Arabs over the Persians at Qadasiya in the 7th century is trumpeted at every turn. Radio and television keep up a drumbeat of patriotic poems set to martial music. The propaganda has had some impact. Many Baghdadis feel that their country is not only waging a war against a traditional enemy that gained control of the Shatt al Arab waterway by exploiting Iraqi weakness, but spearheading a patriotic, nationalist cause...