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Among the bitterest reactions was that of Secretary of State George Shultz. At a ceremony marking the tenth anniversary of the fall of Saigon, Shultz said the contra cutoff had dire implications: "Broken promises. Communist dictatorship. Refugees. Widened Soviet influence, this time near our very border." Then he added angrily: "Here is your parallel between Viet Nam and Central America...
...charge stick. Consider Nicaragua. As no less a democrat than Arturo Cruz, leader of the (nonviolent) opposition, writes, the contras--"the revolt of Nicaraguans against oppression by other Nicaraguans"--now represent an authentic "social movement." Indeed, they are more than 12,000 strong and growing, even after the cutoff of American...
Geneva figured heavily in another pending U.S. weapon decision, namely the fate of the MX in Congress. Reagan seemed on the verge last week of rescuing the controversial missile yet again from a funding cutoff by the Legislative Branch. In a highly polished lobbying campaign, he spoke to 150 members of Congress in small groups at the White House, constantly stressing that the U.S. would lose vital leverage in Geneva without the MX, which is scheduled to come up for a series of funding votes in the next few weeks. Using his favorite name for the missile, the President pleaded...
...Governors, 34 of whom are Democrats, issued no outcry against the proposed cutoff. "Revenue sharing has got to be on the table with everything else," said Colorado's Richard Lamm, a Democrat, about the concerted need to reduce the national deficit. But the Governors are by no means idle spectators in the fight over the program. They know that if cities lose their customary Washington pipeline, they will turn first to their state capitals to try to close the gap. Many Governors contend that their state surpluses are small relative to their budgets, and that they are required...
...attempts to evaluate all courses with enrollments of more than 14 students, excluding Expository Writing, tutorials, and seminars. However, not every course that meets the enrollment cutoff appears in the book. According to Faculty policy, the Guide cannot evaluate a course without the instructor's written permission. Each year, between 15 and 20 percent of all eligible professors withhold their approval, says CUE Editor Barbara S. Okun...