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...Adviser should remain under wraps, but that those from his 3½ years at State were within the reach of the FOIA. In December 1976, shortly before he left office, Kissinger donated these documents to the Library of Congress (which is not covered by the FOIA) under a complex deed that limits access to them until the year 2001 at the earliest. Since Kissinger's donation came before the FOIA requests were made by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and other groups, the Supreme Court concluded that State could not be said to be wrongfully "withholding...
...Jews. To them, religious law forbids tampering with corpses in any way, either by transplants or autopsies, and last week they pursued their campaign to outlaw autopsies. The hard-liners are also infuriated at Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren, who decreed that the kidney transplant was a mitzvah (worthy deed), because it was done to prevent a death. He adds: "We're not allowed to discriminate between Jews and non-Jews in the saving of a life...
...these expectations for the Maine contest? As usual, the deed was done by members of the press, but only after they spoke with a small but powerful group that might as well be called the Knowledgeable Observers, or K.O.s. After Carter beat Kennedy in Iowa by 27 points, the K.O.s immediately pronounced the Massachusetts Senator as hurt badly. The Bangor, Me., News went one step further and published a poll of the state's Democrats two days before the caucuses showing Carter leading Kennedy 52% to 33%. Expectations plummeted. By caucus day it was predicted that Kennedy would...
...none of the lightning-flash finesse of Entebbe, none of the bloody ferocity of Mayaguez. Yet once again, however fleetingly, the frustration of dealing with the irrational acts of militants had been lifted by a single daring and dramatic deed. The cunning maneuver executed by Canadian diplomats in secreting six Americans in hostile Tehran for almost three months and then spiriting them to safety last week provided a heartening interlude in Washington's still unsuccessful struggle to free 50 hostages from their captors in chaotic Iran...
Four-million-dollar real estate deals are not concluded overnight--Harvard's purchase last week of a three-acre plot off Mt. Auburn St. came only after delicate year-long negotiations, and getting the deed signed and sealed may only have been the first of Harvard's battles...