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...Goodman added that using a lower level language would diminish the quality of the course, and make it "old-fashioned...
...Reagan and Habib push hard, the Administration will probably be able to forge an agreement on Lebanon over the next few months. Israeli reasons for remaining there diminish daily. The occupation is not politically popular at home, the casualty list is growing, however slightly, and the cost-both economic and moral-is high. But when Reagan presses for his peace plan, tempers are sure to flare again...
...Pope would have demanded extreme caution, since it conceivably could have endangered Andropov's political prospects and damaged the Kremlin's European peace offensive. Says Hélène Carrère d'Encausse: "If the West becomes convinced of Andropov's implication in this affair, it will not only diminish his international authority but shatter the modern, nonterrorist image that he has sought
...rejecting the original bill. King himself stated that he was not swayed by the objections of principle. On the question of corporate neutrality, he wrote to the legislature that "we must reflect carefully on those policies which further diminish the ability of American businesses to compete abroad, but he added that "the moral imperative presented by the official racism of South Africa would in my judgment be a circumstance that calls for an extra business commitment." Granted, that an institution of learning, such as Harvard, must be more concerned with political neutrality than a state government, the University's willingness...
While most officials are optimistic about getting formal approval of the guidelines form the faculties this spring. Martin and others acknowledge potential snags at some of the graduate schools. A loss of universal support, however, should not diminish the underlying effect of the rules, which officials hope will be to attract and solidly a number of possible agreements...