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...agency: "This new dangerous venture was undertaken by the President in a vain attempt to show himself to be a strong leader, in order to reverse his declining popularity." The Soviets are especially bitter because Washington finally seems to be winning wide support for its efforts to organize a boycott of this July's Moscow Olympics in retaliation for the invasion and military occupation of Afghanistan...
Lenz would like to travel to Russia for the 1980 Olympics this summer (he's against the boycott) to get a first-hand view of the Russians' different attitude toward the sport and the intense training methods...
...International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) staff member and student organizers of the Cotrell and Leonard graduation gown boycott yesterday picketed in front of the Harvard Coop and offered a second alternative gown to graduating students...
Because the case is a "class action" suit, only a minimal number of plaintiffs is needed, William H. Allen, another lawyer on the case, said yesterday. If the USOC rescinds its boycott resolution, then all the athletes can participate whether or not they sued, Allen added...
Lawyers filed the suit in the United States District Court in Washington, D.C. Yesterday, they asked to have a hearing for a court injunction against the USOC's boycott resolution. Allen expects the hearing to take place next week, and refused to comment on the plaintiff's chances...