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When President Reagan imposed trade sanctions against Japan last month, the prospect was raised of an all-out economic war between the two nations. Last week, with the $300 million worth of sanctions in place, Japanese and American officials were scrambling to defuse tensions. As a prelude to Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone's visit to Washington this week, Special Envoy Shintaro Abe was dispatched to the White House to outline a plan to reduce Japan's $59 billion trade surplus with the U.S. Meanwhile, a U.S. delegation in Tokyo urged the Japanese to lower barriers to American goods...
Ironically, renewed hostilities in the 18-year-old war against the Communist guerrillas could improve Aquino's shaky standing with the military. Many officers who believe that her government has been too soft on the rebels have been itching for an all-out brawl with the insurgents. Few doubt that dissidents in the military still present the gravest threat to Aquino's political survival, despite several failed coup attempts in the past year. "What you have seen so far was nothing more than a warm-up of the jayvees," warns a disgruntled colonel. "You haven't seen the first team...
Harvard was giving away about four inches and 30 pounds at every position. Crimson sophomore Mike Gielen gave it his usual all-out performance--even taking a charge with five seconds remaining and all faint hope of victory extinguished--but at 5-ft., 10-in. he was simply too short to perform effectively in traffic...
...brief debate, Councilor Frank H. Duehay'55 insisted that Cambridge adopt a specific setof goals and policies to guide future efforts tohelp the homeless, while Councilor William H.Walsh called for an all-out effort to providesleeping space during the winter...
...Norway are matter-of-factly running explicit pro-prophylactic TV spots alongside ads for traffic safety and medical care. One cartoon commercial depicts a small i in the word AIDS that reaches full capital size when covered with a condom. West Germany is also in the midst of an all-out campaign to promote condoms. By this week 66 million newspapers and magazines will have carried a drawing of a man and woman with the tag line "Trust is good; condoms are better." The Bonn government is planning explicit TV ads as well. A prudish concern about offending conservative sensibilities...