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UNDER THE PRESENT ELECTION laws, we can't "force" candidates to debate. Candidates adopt various reasons for opting out. Some cite national security reasons, others discomfort with the agenda or timetable, and still others worry about who will be included. Most often, one candidate will have more to lose by debating than his opponents...
...responsibility to help get the poverty-ridden nations of the world out of the petroquagmire does not rest entirely with the industrial countries. Third World governments themselves must adopt policies designed to generate growth, exports and the increase of national wealth. Moreover, the OPEC countries, whose current account surpluses will soar to approximately $110 billion this year, in contrast with $5 billion in 1978, must provide more substantial assistance to the Third World...
...committee were to adopt the plan when it reports to Dean Fox in February, the undergraduate student body would have to ratify it before it would go into effect, Epps added...
Frank E. LaMentea, head of financial and business services for Widener, said yesterday he does not expect to adopt Griffin's recommendation...
...suit, the plaintiffs charged that the university simply denied their complaints and demanded that Yale adopt a procedure for "receiving, investigating and adjudicating" cases of sexual harassment...