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Unprecedented as it was, the cooperation nonetheless worked, and fairly quickly. Each side gave something--community residents allowed the plan to be modified in the interest of profitability to include offices, and Harvard designed the project as a buffer between the Square and the neighborhood...
...neighborhood "feels they're being nibbled to death," Sullivan said, adding however that Hines Co. and Harvard had "already modified their plan significantly" to meet neighborhood concerns about over-development and to provide a "buffer" between the project and the adjacent neighborhood...
...Arab leader who had the imagination and courage to make peace with Israel. Beyond that, he had transformed Egypt, the most populous Arab nation, from a Soviet client to a steadfast U.S. friend. Under Sadat, Egypt played many pro-American roles besides rapprochement with Israel: it was a buffer and counterweight to the pro-Soviet and pro-terrorist Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi to the west; guardian of the Sudan to the south; defender of the Suez Canal; indispensable base and staging area for any U.S. forces that might have to be rushed to the Middle East to protect...
This situation proves that the government's policy of trying to build up a core of urban Blacks as a buffer against Black revolution cannot succeed. Even the most privileged Black can never forget that he is a third-class citizen. Every Black must live in one of the Blacks-only areas, all of which are miserable. Every Black must carry at all times a dark blue pass book. Unless this little booklet bears a stamp authorizing the holder to remain in white South Africa, he or she faces imprisonment or deportation to one of the so-called homelands, regions...
...take over. "They can obviously disrupt and terrorize, but whether they have an alternative program and leadership to offer is far from clear," says one expert. Washington, in any event, has no illusions about its ability to influence events in Iran. "We have an interest in Iran as a buffer to Soviet expansion," an Administration official explains. "But at this point, all we can do is sit back and wait to see what happens." Although Moscow has consistently supported Khomeini, the Soviets are in a similar quandary. Pravda reported the Raja'i-Bahonar killings factually and tersely-a sign...