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...will test the low-flying, turbofan-powered cruise missile in northeastern Alberta. The Prime Minister repeated his personal view that the U.S. should be allowed to conduct the tests on Canadian soil, but he told the Vice President bluntly that the full Cabinet had not yet given its consent to the project. Eager to defuse any tension, Bush later declared that President Reagan has "a driving, motivated desire" to achieve strategic arms reductions with the Soviets. He also acknowledged that Canada's agreement with the U.S. did not specifically obligate Canada to aid in the cruise tests...
...rape," Carol Tracy, director of the Penn Women's Center, said in a telephone interview yesterday. "The woman wasn't in a position to consent, as often happens after a fraternity party," she added, "and that means rape." Tracy was the first university official contacted by the student after the incident...
...sees action as divorced from intent, void of all meaning beyond immediate effects. Registration is not, as they term it, merely "filling out a postcard." Nor are conscientious objection and "alternative service" acceptable options for those of us who have renounced any and all acts which imply our consent to kill another human being, either personally or as party to the government bureaus in the business of killing human beings...
...compound problems, Timerman, possibly because of his language problem, never realizes that Begin would almost certainly have won a strong majority had an election been held up at any time up until the massacre. The Lebanese invasion unquestionably did not have the unanimous consent of earlier conflicts. But Timerman mistakes a significant opposition for national disgust with the war and the government. His misunderstanding is startingly fundamental and stems from a profound and inexcusable ignorance of the physical and psychological toll the Palestinian terrorists have taken on Israel...
...hour (14 min. for independent stations). The Government filed suit against the N.A.B. in 1979, charging that the code had driven up advertising costs by restricting the supply of air time for commercials. Last week U.S. District Court Judge Harold H. Greene signed a consent decree under which the N.A.B. and Justice agreed to eliminate the restraints. Now, theoretically at least, station owners can flood the air with commericals...