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...Mister Roberts (on stage 1948-51, on screen 1955) he could still show surprise that the men of the U.S.S. Reluctant would confer so much moral authority on him. But from then on the Fonda character was at ease with his place in American history, whether as a lone righteous juror in 12 Angry Men, or as any number of military men, government officials?and desperadoes...
...effort to end the impasse over the proposed document, Dean Rosovsky tapped three Faculty Council members to confer informally with four student leaders and, ideally, settle upon a compromise document acceptable to students and Faculty...
There is, to be fair, a provision for additional groups to ask for votes on the committee, but this, too, raises problems. The provision states that "the Council may, by two-thirds vote, confer or deny [representation on the administrative committee] to any other group." But as one Faculty Council member reportedly said at the meeting with the implementation committee, this provision automatically gives the seven groups already named a privileged position above any other groups who might seek representation. While any other group must apply for representation on the council, and may be denied such representation, the seven groups...
After months of moving slowly on the Middle East, the Reagan Administration is getting ready to launch a drive for a settlement of the Palestinian issue. The U.S. is encouraged that Begin will confer with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Alexandria later this month, an indication that the two are still prepared to work together. This fall, following separate visits to Washington by Begin and Sadat, the Administration is expected to name a new special negotiator, perhaps Philip Habib, whose job will be to get the stalled Camp David peace process moving again. The Arabs are convinced that...
...administration has, like so many misguided administrations before it, invested America's great power and prestige in a government detested by its own people. How many times before have we blunderingly thrown military hardware at a foreign nation's ruling elite in the hope that those guns would somehow confer legitimacy on our besieged buddies? And how many times has that policy failed? One of the most tragic case studies in the bankruptcy of that mentality came in Iran. While no one could approve the taking of American hostages by the Islamic militants, the depth of the Iranian's hatred...