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...Arabs maintain that Israel must absorb those who choose to return and pay compensation to those who do not. Israel maintains that 1) the Arabs no longer own the land they held before 1948 and therefore cannot claim it, 2) the return of so many refugees would alter the character of the country, and 3) there is no precedent since World War I for refugees to be repatriated...
Harris interviewers talked to 820 students, a cross-section from 50 colleges. Of that group, an overwhelming 89% believe that public pressure can gradually alter government policies. Astonishingly, 39% said they personally planned to work for peace candidates in the congressional, senatorial and gubernatorial campaigns this fall. Even if only a tenth of that number actually turn out, Harris calculates, there will be 200,000 students out on the hustings around the U.S. "The experiment could well change American politics beyond recognition," Harris says. "The students could virtually swamp the political process." Or, he adds, they could stir...
...huge defense investment delivered Alaska into Washington's thrall. Although the fishing and wood-pulp industries were greatly strengthened in the mid-1950s, they did little to alter the flimsy, somewhat colonial economy. Even the discovery of medium-sized oilfields around the Kenai Peninsula and the achievement of statehood in 1959 barely made a difference. Among the few changes was the rising influence of Japan, which now takes 95% of Alaska's exports of minerals, wood and liquefied natural gas. Japan is also investing heavily in Alaska fisheries, pulp mills and mines. But Washington maintains the military bases, accounts...
...prepared for the return flight home, Mrs. Nixon pledged that the United States "will continue to help until everything is rosy once again." Her trip perhaps could not alter the realties of Peru-U.S. relations, but her personal gesture contrasted with the Soviets' opportunistic bid for the good will of Peru. As President Velasco observed: "To have President Nixon send his wife here means more to me than if he had sent the whole American Air Force...
...chiefs are under attack on a third front as well. Reduction of U.S. military commitments abroad is bound to alter their policymaking role and lessen their importance. Nor is a study, now being conducted by a blue-ribbon panel appointed by Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, likely to increase their significance. Surveying the operations of the entire Department of Defense, the panelists are concerned about whether the chiefs can meet almost daily on policy matters and still run their services. The panel may recommend that the chiefs be relieved of one of their jobs...