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...some it was the proper reaction. For others it was overreaction. Six months later, the adventure of the Mayaguez remains one of the murkiest "rescues" in American naval history. This fresh, immediate account by Roy Rowan, TIME Hong Kong bureau chief, is not likely to alter many opinions, but it manages to put the event in lucid perspective...
...Patty Hearst is acquitted on the grounds that she has been "brainwashed" (i.e., subjected to torture and mental anguish to alter her beliefs), then the thousands who have lived in the hellholes of city slums should be acquitted on the grounds of having experienced more pain than Patty ever will...
Last week the President seemed to alter his position slightly. He told a press conference that he saw no justification for assisting New York and had not yet heard of any bailout plan that would "justify approval by myself." But he did not say flatly that he would veto any bill passed by Congress. The President hedged: "I just am very reluctant to say anything other than no until I see the fine print...
...Canadians, however, refused to be intimidated. With three minutes remaining, Harvard bobbled a kickoff and McGill scampered in for the score. Several last-ditch efforts by Sherman and Demattel could not alter the outcome with McGill edging the Crimson...
...what other steps are needed remains a subject of sharp debate. Quad House residents oppose moves to alter the class balance or sex ratio at their Houses or to move out all upperclassmen. Many in the University also oppose the radical 1-1-2 plan, which would dissolve the Quad House and alter the class makeup of the River Houses...