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...often in diplomatic history, the current crisis had an almost innocuous beginning. In mid-August, U.S. intelligence agencies concluded (from yet undisclosed evidence) that Soviet combat forces, as distinct from advisers, were in Cuba. At that point, the matter might have been quietly clarified and even settled by Moscow and Washington with some adroit negotiating. But the Administration lost control of the issue when it conveyed the intelligence findings to Senator Frank Church, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and an Idaho Democrat who faces a tough re-election fight next year. Church went public with the matter...
...Carter Administration last week attempted to revive its moribund voluntary guidelines by creating a 15-member committee, including representatives of labor and management, that will recommend new wage standards to replace the current 7% guide. Since unions had strongly opposed the guidelines, forming the committee was a step toward reconciliation between the President and labor. Unions still have scant incentive for moderate settlements at a time when inflation is roaring at 13%. The Labor Department announced that consumer prices rose by 1.1% in August, the seventh straight month of an increase of 1% or more. Because prices rise faster than...
Originally, MATEP estimated it could save almost $2 million in its first year of operation; now Lashman says the new plant may barely keep up with current energy costs. But MATEP is in no position to be choosy: after Harvard's huge investment, it has to put its diesels in now, and argue about the details later...
...will take office when Jerome B. Wiesner, the current president, retires July...
Wiesner, the current president, said he plans to remain at MIT, devoting himself to teaching and research...