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...widespread conviction among South Americans that cocaine is a U.S. problem. "We are putting our lives in danger to prevent drugs from entering the U.S.," complains Bolivian Under Secretary of the Interior Gustavo Sanchez. While U.S. officials claim that it is illicit production that begets consumption, many South Americans contend that the process works the other way round. "The U.S. is to blame for most of this mess," says one Panamanian official. "If there weren't the frightening demand in the States, we wouldn't even have to worry about trying to eliminate the supply." As reports of cocaine...
Anyway, on to the women's basketball team. After watching the cagers (currently 8-13 overall) all season, I can't help thinking that they'll contend for the Ivy League title for the next three years...
...grant density bonuses or other forms of zoning relief, something the current proposed fail to do. The city solicitor office issued a report last week recommending a vote against the amendments on the grounds that they will embroil the city in a host or lawsuits. Supporters of the bills contend, however, that increases in density would arouse the opposition of neighborhood groups worried about the quality of life in their areas...
Administration planners also contend that a continued arms buildup now is essential to arms reduction later. General John Vessey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, asserts that the strengthening of American fighting capability has "forced the Soviets to come back to arms-control talks in Geneva," which are now scheduled to resume March 12. If those talks are to succeed, added Weinberger, the Soviets must be convinced that the U.S. is determined to keep adding to its muscle. Testifying last week to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Weinberger insisted that "reductions in the defense budget will prolong negotiations...
...been halted. Since the new year, there have been at least eleven assassinations, nearly all by leftist gunmen. Further negotiations between the government and representatives of the leftist guerrilla groups are unlikely until after the elections. Reason: mounting right-wing opposition to a negotiated settlement. Rebel leaders, of course, contend that the breakdown of the peace talks means the Salvadoran military is now effectively back in control. According to Ruben Zamora, the bearded vice president of the Democratic Revolutionary Front, the guerrilla movement's political arm, "Duarte has no power...