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Equally important is what Reagan did not do. He did not embargo the sale of grain to the Soviets, which could have dealt the U.S.S.R. a real economic blow. The Soviet Union is suffering its third poor harvest in a row (this year's grain crop will be the smallest since 1975), and received 50% of its grain imports from the U.S. in 1981. Blocking the sale would have been politically damaging for Reagan: in April he lifted the grain embargo that Carter had imposed after the Afghanistan invasion; the farm bill passed last month might require the Administration...
...consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank, Peter Shiras, describes the real state of the "reform": the first phase, the expropriation of the largest estates, was in large measure subverted by landlords; the second phase, which dealt with medium-size estates, indefinitely postponed; and the third, "land to the tiller" phase hopelessly mired in a bureaucratic maze. The right wing will not allow significant reforms, and, Shiras reports, government troops often interfere. He quotes one government official as saying: "The troops came and told the workers the land was theirs now. They could elect their own leaders...
...wasn't always that easy. Believe it or not, an upstart Bates squad dealt Harvard a 53-52 defeat last season when the Bobcats jumped out to a 21-1 lead and held on for the upset...
...Government out of the railway business and eventually divest itself of the Conrail freight line in the Northeast. He is also working to cut back federal subsidies for Amtrak passenger trains and for local transit systems. Many may strongly oppose his programs, but almost all who have dealt with him admire his effectiveness and his attention to political sensitivities. A possible candidate for promotion to a more important post, Lewis belongs on the Cabinet's A list...
...House of Saud, which had striven mightily to bring the conclave to a successful outcome. Yet even as the angry Saudi leaders stalked to their waiting aircraft, it was by no means clear that their efforts to find an alternative to the sputtering Camp David peace process had been dealt a final blow...