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...challenge is at home, in the economic and energy problems that can no longer be ignored. They are complex and interconnected, and in moving to confront them, Ford and his advisers run dangerous and inescapable risks. The key to the present economic malaise
...three consecutive days last week Israel sent commandos into southern Lebanon. They raided villages, destroyed houses, and seized five villagers as alleged terrorists. Lebanese officials reported that four civilians and one soldier had been killed. Israelis said that the raids were merely "preventive and reconnaissance operations" designed to "confront the terrorists" before they crossed into Israel...
Chanting "Martin Bormann, we see you: it's time to pay for six million Jews," 15,000 NAM protesters attempt to confront Bormann at the Harvard Club as he accepts the Harvard Republican Club's Teddy Roosevelt Award for Service to a Superior Race. Bormann leaves by the back door, unnoticed...
...Approach would have the major oil consumers confront the producing countries as a bloc. Basically an adversary approach, it assumes that non-OPEC oil production will gradually increase, and OPEC members will eventually be forced to compete for a shrinking market by dropping their prices...
Indeed, even though we may like to think of ourselves as liberal-minded, we must confront the fact that Harvard is a racist institution. The graduate admissions policy is just one aspect of this. Not only does the GSAS admit few blacks, but it blames this situation on blacks themselves. That people can think that black students are not "qualified" is highly disturbing. It fosters fascist ideas. How often is the failure of a white student to complete his or her degree attributed to lack of motivation in the face of a deteriorating job market, whereas the failure...