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...justification for the raid. The Iraqi-French contract required delivery of 70 kg of 93% enriched U-235 a grade and amount of uranium well suited for making nuclear weapons. In addition the 70-MW Tammuz reactor was 14 times as powerful as most research reactors, and Israeli physicists contend it could have been modified to readily produce weapons-grade plutonium...
...path to what she called the "emotional reconstruction" of the city also proved thorny. In short order, Feinstein had to contend with "the White Night Riot," a violent demonstration that pitted gays against police. Then there were conflicts with the police department that led to the firing of popular Police Chief Charles Gain, a citywide teachers' strike and problems with the city's transportation union. Feinstein's cool head, fair but tough negotiating style and politically adroit appointments won her enough favor among the city's diverse ethnic and interest groups to let her be elected...
...agree that the U.S. has every right to take whatever measures it wishes concerning the admission of aliens, but I cannot agree with those who contend that aliens are ripping off Americans. In fact, the intention of most foreigners who come here is to work, and work they do. Refugees from Viet Nam are the byproducts of the long U.S. involvement there. They came here only because there was no alternative when the Americans left...
...nationwide cost of modernizing and expanding antiquated prisons, or building new ones to provide each inmate with his own cell, is estimated by the Justice Department at $10 billion. The current public attitude favors locking criminals away for as long as possible. Yet prison experts contend that the certainty of punishment, rather than the length of a sentence, is a better deterrent to crime. Thus, money might be better spent on the police and court systems than on prisons. Moreover, they insist, many nonviolent prisoners-those convicted of crimes involving no physical threat to people-need not be confined...
Recently Gaddafi has had to contend with increasing opposition to his regime among Libyans studying and working abroad, including several of his former cabinet ministers. In response to such dissent, according to officials of several governments, Libyan "death squads" have murdered Gaddafi foes in Rome, Athens and London. Gaddafi's agents have been accused of masterminding the attempted assassination last October of Faisal Zagallai, 35, a Libyan student living in Colorado. Eugene Tafoya, a former U.S. Green Beret, has been charged with the shooting, which he denies. At home Gaddafi has little trouble stifling potential opposition, mostly by retaining...