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Most important, McFarlane stressed that the U.S. wants to broaden the agenda to include the discussion of the negotia tions on strategic weapons and intermediate-range missiles that broke off in Geneva last fall. But despite his idea of linking these items to the Soviet proposals, McFarlane explained that the U.S. was setting up "no preconditions " and promised, "We'll be at the meeting in September." If the Soviets agree to meet but balk at discussing a broad agenda, one official explained, the U.S. will simply bring up the matter of other arms negotiations when the sessions begin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cautious Talk About Talks | 7/9/1984 | See Source »

...same time, to be fair. I do not see how we could have had much success. Had we sought to broaden Harvard, we might have succeeded at most in institutionalizing a trivial and pedantic approach to the fields of knowledge that mattered most to us. There were few experts in those fields at the time and I doubt whether Harvard would have recognized a Benjamin or an Adorno had one applied. In the end, there was no way for us to have followed our vision at Harvard or for Harvard to have followed us in our quest...

Author: By Richard E. Hyland, | Title: Getting the questions right | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

Mondale would also have to calculate gender in relation to geography. Ferraro?ethnic, big-city urban, blue collar&151;appeals to the same sorts of voters that he does, and therefore would not broaden the ticket in the traditional way. Conversely, Ferraro would, in a geographical and ethnic sense, be an ideal partner for Hart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Not a Woman? | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

Thirty-four percent of the incoming students will be women, up from approximately 20 percent in previous years. Officials attribute this trend to increased recruiting, as they try to broaden the applicant base the admissions office now receives applications from at least 109 institutions, as opposed to the 45 schools it tapped previously, according to Assistant Dean and director of MPP admissions Calvin N. Mosley...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: Public Policy Program Sees Rise in Matriculation | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

...past decade, Vulcanus I has conducted test burns in the North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Vulcanus II was set to begin commercial operations in the gulf, where the ship's giant furnaces were to reduce thousands of tons of liquid poisons to harmless vapor. To broaden the burn program, the Maritime Administration backed a $55.8 million loan that enabled At-Sea Incineration Inc. to build two disposal vessels in Tacoma, Wash. Advocates call Apollo I and Apollo II "state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Destroying Toxic Wastes at Sea | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

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