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Thirdly, the U.S. has clearcut strategic amd military reasons to remain committed to Israel--it needs a listening post in the Middle East and a military post in its oil route, the Persian Gulf...
...several commentators in national newspapers, but Bok's latest salvo--an epistle on the ethical problems of accepting gifts--is the most noncommittal of all. Bok manages to avoid specially referring to the Englehard issue, treats with a few limited hypotheticals to give the appearance of a detailed, clearcut policy, and finally tries to shift the burden of his policy-making to students...
...point, Carter was virtually inviting that kind of criticism with a trip that had no clearcut goals and was grievously overloaded (seven nations, three continents and 18,500 miles, all in the space of nine days). Yet even as Air Force One returned the President and his wife to Andrews Air Force Base at week's end, the gaffes were beginning to fall into proper perspective. Amused Poles were now laughing at the translation goof that seemed to have Carter saying that their desires for the future were carnal. Presidential Press Secretary Jody Powell indicated a relaxed White House...
...entered the showdown contest with a 4-1-1 league record (to Princeton's 4-2), and the left the clearcut class of the Ivies...
ITHACA, N.Y.--For 110 minutes they played on windswept, bitterly damp Schoellkopf Field here Saturday, and for 110 minutes the nets remained empty. The final tally read Harvard 0-Cornell 0, but if gutsy performances in the face of imposing odds count for anything in sports, it was a clearcut Harvard...