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...degree, most of Europe embraces the notion that perestroika represents a golden opportunity to increase trade. But some Europeans hope to collect a bonus by inducing Western-style change in the Soviet political system. "If Gorbachev's reforms are to succeed," says a British diplomat, "they can only do so by making the Soviet Union a very different place." West German Foreign Minister Hans Dietrich Genscher, among the first to welcome Gorbachev's promised reforms, argues that the West would be negligent if it ignored the "historic opportunity" offered by the Soviet leader to turn his country into a more...
...council resolution proposes to first try out a recycling program in one house, where dorm crew members would collect newspapers once a week from bins in each entryway. Jeffrey A. Roy '90, co-chair of the Phillips Brooks House Environmental Action Committee (EAC), said dorm crew workers in Lowell House were willing to try the experiment...
...passed by Congress in 1866 to ensure the rights of emancipated slaves by granting them the same freedom to "make and enforce contracts" that white citizens had. That law, as interpreted by the court, allowed racial minorities to bring discrimination suits against private parties and, most important, to collect monetary damages...
...shirt: traditional bet on the outcome of intercollegiate crew races. The members of each winning boat collect the shirts of their opponents. At the sprints, the winning crew will pick up 14 shirts after the final race...
...Philippine government has filed 39 civil suits against Marcos, seeking to collect $96.7 billion in damages. But no criminal charges have been filed there because officials fear the deposed leader would insist on his constitutional right to return to the country to face his accusers in court...