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Opponents of the deal maintain that those estimates fail to consider jobs that would be lost. They argue that the new subcompact would mean the end of GM's aging Chevette and thus the elimination of some 23,000 production and supply jobs. GM's rivals also contend that the new subcompact will eat into their sales and thereby reduce U.S. jobs even more...
...recent years there has been a growing number of such "disappointing events" in laboratories around the country. Yale, Cornell and Boston University have each had to contend with embarrassing cases of scientific fraud. According to a number of scientists, the tremendous pressures to "publish or perish" may be a factor in the trend. These pressures have been exacerbated by the intense competition for limited federal research funds. "Science is more expensive these days," says Albert H. Hastorf, Stanford's provost. "You need a big grant or you are out of business." Many leading research institutions have attempted to deal...
Young was subpoenaed by the grand jury in the Vista case but refused to testify on grounds of possible selfincrimination. Federal agents had bugged his condominium in the city and reportedly collected hours of conversations, some of them between the defendants. Defense lawyers contend that the surveillance was illegal...
Defenders of the mayor contend that Young's judgment may have been blinded by his unwavering commitment to helping black businesses and argue that he did not know that white businessmen actually would profit from these contracts. Even so, the probes have clearly diverted Young's attention from his job. Says Joe Stroud, editor of the Detroit Free Press: "It is a terrible time for the city to be dealing with leadership that is distracted and in real trouble...
...Jerusalem insists that it is the Arab nations, especially Jordan and Saudi Arabia, that are the stumbling blocks in any negotiations in the Middle East and that the U.S. should stop hectoring Israel and start pressuring the Arabs. Israeli officials also complain that Washington sometimes sends mixed signals; they contend, for example, that last year some Administration officials, notably former Secretary of State Alexander Haig, seemed to indicate that they would not mind if the Israelis crushed the P.L.O. in Lebanon. On a personal level, Israeli officials distrust Weinberger and feel that he consistently tilts toward the Arabs...