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...course, one must hesitate before striking out to avoid injuring innocents. And in the case of Islamic Holy War, which has claimed responsibility for the past three attacks on American installations, it has apparently been impossible to ascertain its exact nature and membership. But, according to The New York Times, intelligence officials worldwide almost all agree that the Holy War gang has major links to the Iranian and Syrian governments, which have the most to gain from humiliating the America. Surely the United States has the capability to make life unpleasant for these two regimes, as they have so often...
Tracking polls are quick surveys of small numbers of voters who have been polled previously that attempt to ascertain whether news events have changed their minds. Whether the results that so elated Mondale's staff will later be supported by more comprehensive polls and whether the phenomenon will last are open to question. Nonetheless, on the strength of the new data and the enthusiasm over the Ferraro candidacy, Mondale's planners now say they will make a much more extensive effort than originally intended in the South. At a meeting arranged by Lance between Ferraro and Southern Governors...
Republicans sharply noted that the probe did not even determine precisely what briefing materials were involved. The two Republicans on the six-member panel refused to endorse the report, saying in their dissenting statement, "If we cannot ascertain exactly what was taken and who took it, then how can we determine what laws were broken?" Reagan remains fiercely loyal to Casey, an old friend. While he has maintained his characteristic detachment from the mini-scandals in his Administration, the President last week attended a groundbreaking ceremony for a new building at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., where he praised Casey...
...suggested that the Pi Eta be "razed to the ground and burnt." (And we are the ones with sick minds?) This is totally unacceptable and must be stopped. If The Crimson is only interested in news, as one editor told me, they should have made it a point to ascertain the total story before they printed a small fraction of it. The National Enquirer can be interested in selling copies; The Crimson should be interested in the truth...
...point will be moot. Council Vice-Chair Brian Melendez assures us, if Dean Epps denies permission for the event. Even if that happens, the Undergraduate Council may still hold a survey (costing still more money) to determine whether students want concerts at all, and if so, the survey will ascertain which groups we will willingly...