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...Reagan had hoped the final document would include another reaffirmation, that of the antiballistic-missile (ABM) treaty of 1972. Advocates of arms control within the Administration want to seize every opportunity to commit the U.S. to keeping SDI within the bounds of that treaty. Doing so, they hope, might allay Soviet concerns and induce concessions. Why was there no mention of the ABM treaty in the joint statement...
With the opposition in disarray, Marcos continued to maneuver. Among other things, the President last week announced that he had created a panel of military men to reorganize the armed forces. The move was regarded in part as an effort to allay U.S. restiveness over the reinstatement of General Fabian Ver, 65, a longtime Marcos crony, as military chief of staff. Ver is one of 26 men on trial for complicity in the 1983 Aquino assassination. Last week the Philippines Supreme Court temporarily forbade a special corruption tribunal to issue a verdict in the case. One military dissident dismissed Marcos...
...apparent effort to allay white fears, the government proposed a new public-safety amendment to widen the extensive powers of the police in controlling political unrest. The new measure will give Law-and-Order Minister Louis Le Grange the authority, currently reserved for the President, to declare a state of emergency in troubled areas. At the same time, Pretoria has promised to ease construction regulations and make more land available for black housing...
...Alaska oil pipeline has a construction project posed more daunting challenges. In parts of the desert where daytime temperatures reach a scorching 120° F, work shifts began under lights at midnight, and liquid nitrogen was used to cool some of the 2.1 million cu. yds. of concrete poured. To allay environmental concerns, engineers built walkways across parts of the canals for the use of cattle and mule deer, and aqueduct sides were deliberately made rough to lend footing for smaller animals that might climb down for a drink. Human visitors are not welcome, but the outstretched ribbon of water...
...allay widespread skepticism, the government last week made other gestures of goodwill. At Crossroads, a wretched, ten-year-old squatters' camp outside Cape Town, where 18 blacks were killed by the police last February, authorities helped the first of up to 12,000 black residents make a voluntary move to a nearby government housing area called Khayelitsha. There, in otherwise bleak surroundings, the new settlers are finding such unfamiliar amenities as outhouses, water taps and access to schools, clinics and a community center. They also are being given 18-month residency permits, which allow them to seek employment...