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When Iraq used poison gas to kill Kurdish civilians last year, the U.S. joined other nations in condemning chemical warfare. But last week it became clear that at least one American company has helped spread the deadly weapons. After Customs Service agents accused Baltimore-based Alcolac International, Inc., of illegally shipping hundreds of tons of thiodiglycol, a solvent that can be used in making mustard gas, the firm agreed to plead guilty to violating export laws. Prosecutors believe the chemical shipments eventually arrived in Iraq and Iran...
Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk, who did not go to Moscow for the conference but followed it closely, added his agreement, then explained it in his tough, clear fashion. "Evacuation under those circumstances is psychologically impossible," he said. "There is no way you are going to get people to leave their families and intimate friends and colleagues. I've thought about this a good deal, and I think there should be an alternate Government designated out around the country, perhaps using the Governors." A good idea. May there never be the need...
Dooley's speech must have gotten through loud and clear because Harvard came out firing in the third period. Tri-Captain Brita Lind and freshman Sandra Whyte, Ivy Player of the Week, capitalized on a two-on-one opportunity at 10:50 in the third to give the Crimson a 1-0 lead. Lind knocked the puck past Cornell goalie and Tri-Captain Kathryn LoPresti, before she had a chance to recover from a shot by Whyte...
...plan, according to its backers, is that it will not only desegregate Boston's schools but also enhance the education of its students. Willie says, "Each choice cycle represents a referendum on a school. If a school isn't educationally attractive for various racial groups...it gives a clear signal that something is wrong and needs to be changed...
...remedy this situation, Harvard ought to make some changes. Reading period should be shortened, and it should be made clear that no papers are to be assigned and no classes are to meet during this time. Students would benefit much more from one week devoted purely to reading and studying than they do from two weeks filled with papers and classes...