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...scarce, especially in Gaza, as the Israelis impose punitive fines and present confiscatory bills for dwindling services. Merchants in the West Bank say their income has shrunk by 60%. Savings are vanishing. To punish communities where there has been rioting, the Israeli authorities sever telephone lines, cut off electricity, curtail food shipments and restrict travel...
...sure, you have strongly supported efforts to achieve further arms- control agreements. Nonetheless, for us unilaterally to curtail our strategic programs, as you have suggested, would remove much of the Soviet Union's military incentive for compromise and thus destroy much of America's leverage in negotiations. In recent months, as you have moved toward the political center, you have acknowledged the continued necessity for nuclear deterrence and have indicated that, despite your opposition to the MX and Midgetman, you are not necessarily against a new ICBM in principle. Yet you will find that any new missile program is impossible...
...have begun to take this question seriously do not in the least want to condone, let alone encourage, drug use. The swelling chorus includes conservative scholars, police officers and city officials who would love to see a dope-free nation. But they feel that the best way to curtail drugs is to treat them as a public health problem rather than a criminal one. In the process, the Government could take the drug market out of the hands of the gangs that have turned large sections of major cities into shooting galleries, in more ways than...
However, many other universities do not have the capacity to create similar watchdog groups and often can not afford to forgo badly needed federal funds. Unlike most universities, Harvard can afford to turn down federally funded projects that curtail the sharing of information...
...expression. Speaking to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Shinagel noted that at baseball games, when a fan jumps out of the bleachers and onto the field, the television cameras don't usually focus on the errant fan. Shinagel reasons that by ignoring objectionable behavior, the press would help curtail such incidents. People who wouldn't be deterred by a night in jail and a trip to court would think twice if they knew they wouldn't get any free publicity...