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...latest opposition of the Dark Ages-style Muslim mullahs to the Shah's government [Sept. 18] comes as no surprise to those of us interested in progress and in seeing Iran enter the 20th century. The mullahs' theocratic demand to watchdog parliament in the name of democracy is a mockery of the right to freedom. The mullahs ought to be reminded that their "overseeing" the parliament is just as repugnant as the ban on the freedom of the press, for which they criticize the Shah's regime. The separation of church and state is essential to democracy...
...belong to a group that is now incorporated under Vermont state law as a full-fledged "nonprofit, educational and scientific society." The organization's elders claim no special credit for the dowsing revival. Nor do they cite a renaissance of American gullibility. Their official explanation: dowsers came in demand again with the exodus to the suburbs after World War II and the need for more drinking water. Commenting on skeptics, Norman Leighton, of Portland, Me. says: "If thickheaded clods would rather have laughter than water, it's all right with...
REFORM THE MONETARY SYSTEM. Beyond these short-and medium-term measures, there is need for long-range changes in the world's money system. Since early 1973 the system has been based on floating rates: a currency's value is set by supply and demand on money markets. This replaced the old system in which rates were firmly fixed in relation to gold and the dollar. The earlier structure had served fairly well for almost three decades but then had broken down because exchange rates could be changed only abruptly, sharply and in a crisis atmosphere...
Carbarn and Company, runner-up in last spring's contract competition for the $4.2 million development of the old Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority (MBTA) yards in Harvard Square, has retained counsel and may demand an ad hoc state board review their original development proposal...
Cory Stone '79-3, organizer of the petition drive, said yesterday that the Nestle Corporation, known for its chocolate goods, is creating an artificial demand in Third World countries for the infant formula it also produces...