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Although he declines to put a dollar value on his company's aid to Harvard, Exxon's Snook says that aid will diminish by between 30 and 40 percent next year. Snook says Exxon's significant cuts in grants to Harvard did not come in response to the CIA controversy and that they are in line with cuts in funding for similar centers across the country. The CIA controversy probably would have caused Exxon to reduce grants to Harvard if thouroughgoing cuts were not necessary anyway, Snook adds...
...that ruthless attacks on Americans and the citizens of many other countries will never let up until terrorists and the states that sponsor them are made to pay a price in kind. In his televised address following the raid, the President asserted that the air strike "will not only diminish Colonel Gaddafi's capacity to export terror, it will provide him with incentives and reasons to alter his criminal behavior." That argument won the support of only three U.S. allies: Britain, which gave permission for the F-111s to use English bases, Canada and Israel. All the others at minimum...
...short run it seemed likely that there would be more such attacks, although U.S. officials hoped that the bombing raid would eventually diminish the taste for murders, hijackings and other outrages, not only by Gaddafi but among terrorist groups that he sponsors and trains. Meanwhile the diplomatic and political fallout from the bombing raid has damaged the U.S. position in Europe. Government leaders, who had been pressed hard by the U.S. since the December airport attacks to impose diplomatic and economic sanctions on Libya, were careful to balance criticisms of the American raid with strong condemnations of Libya and terrorism...
...control the Administration is as deeply divided as on the day it took office. One faction, encouraged by Shultz, wants to search for negotiable agreements. It is pushing a new argument: if Americans do not perceive some progress on arms control, their willingness to pay the defense bill will diminish. But hard-liners led by the Pentagon's civilian chiefs remain adamantly opposed to any arms limitations and indeed are working to upset one already in existence...
Despite potential adjustments in the law, the IRA momentum is unlikely to diminish in the near future. With a certain amount of wonder, Economist Johnson of the Investment Company Institute declares that "many consumers are saving for an IRA contribution by forgoing weekend movies or a spring vacation or that brand-new suit." U.S. consumers, usually noted for their spending, now appear to have saving on their minds, at least until April...