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...Nevertheless, they were glad to have the chance to talk firsthand with so many U.S. policymakers. "Learning what makes a political system go, and what the concerns are, has to be of value," said Warren Chippindale, chairman of Coopers & Lybrand. "We saw a lot of people who have clout." John Stoik, president of Gulf Canada Ltd., seemed to speak for many of his colleagues when he said, "I never have had very much exposure to the Government in this country, and I have been very, very impressed with the quality of the people." And, in turn, the Americans were impressed...
...Turner denied that the talks concerned a CBS buy-out. He said Charles Ferris, a Turner attorney, had made inquiries to the FCC about license- transfer procedures and that the talks were "not related to any particular broadcast group." On Wall Street, analysts doubted Turner had the financial clout to launch a successful fight...
...lifestyles, dispersing beyond the one dimensional ethnic cocoon of Black roommates. Black dining tables, Black singing groups, etc. etc. These cosmopolitans among Harvard Black students recognize that excessive ethnocentric behavior is dysfunctional to the egalitarian goals of parity for Blacks (and other weak groups) in institutional participation, leverage, and clout in American society...
...North-South summit of world leaders in Cancun, Mexico. The Saudis feel that Israel is currently vulnerable, and thus more susceptible than usual to U.S. pressures for a settlement, on two counts: its economy has faltered badly, and Reagan's re-election has temporarily reduced the clout of what the Saudis regard as an overpowering Israeli lobby. "The Palestinian question . . . is the cause of instability and turmoil in the region," Fahd declared. "I hope, Mr. President, that your Administration will support the just cause of the Palestinian people...
...University's first commitment is to the advancement of liberal arts education. As a representative of that commitment, Harvard's administration cannot institute any programs which compromise its integrity, as would complete divestiture. As President Bok has argued, if the University were to forcefully exert the political and economic clout it possesses, then it could not argue that Harvard must remain autonomous from outside pressure exerted upon it. In other words, if we were to fully divest, embracing the full economic and political ramifications which divestiture entails, Harvard itself might be subject, for example, to its investors lobbying to impose...