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...group's pamphlets entitled "A Call for Divestiture," charged that Harvard profits from the exploitation of South African Blacks and from the sale of commodities which bolster regime's secret military police. It called for complete disarmament...
...smile for those Kirkpatrick zingers that so well reflected the old Reagan, the one unburdened by presidential propriety. And at the White House last Wednesday, having reaffirmed her intention to go back to academe, she rushed from the Oval Office declaring she had to return to New York and bolster Chad as it went into verbal battle with villainous Libya. In the end, of course, her very virtuosity kept her from the pinnacles of power. Now Ambassador-at- Large Vernon Walters, a world troubleshooter for six Presidents, is likely to take...
These are familiar techniques of dramatic persuasion. Less excusable are the many instances where the movie slants the evidence to bolster its parable of Southern injustice. During Williams' trial, minor points made by the defense are highlighted, while prosecution witnesses (including the fiber experts whose testimony linked Williams to several of the bodies) are regularly shot down by crafty cross-examination. Damaging pieces of evidence (like the bloodstains found in Williams' car) are omitted, as are the many contradictions in Williams' testimony. Indeed, Williams' only mistake at the trial appears to be losing his temper on the second...
...French President's surprise visit was viewed as an attempt to bolster his popularity at home before local elections in March and next year's parliamentary ballot. "Mitterrand is trying to disengage himself from overseas torments," said one government official...
...Administration proposal, which would replace the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 that expires next Sept. 30, would sharply pare back subsidies over the next five years. It would slash price-support levels and phase out payments that now bolster the earnings of producers of such major commodities as wheat and corn. In addition, it would cut federal outlays to growers who are paid to leave their land fallow in order to hold down the supply of crops and thus keep prices firm...