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When asked for comment last night, Mitchell said, "I think they [the current officers]chose the staff on the basis of who they felt would do the jobs best, but it would be foolish of me to disclaim the importance of the women's movement...
...late I've found fascinating the antics of Western Europe in reaction to the Arab stranglehold on oil. Europe is so quick to disclaim any pro-Israel stance, even to the point of letting a partner, The Netherlands, go cold alone, and this strikes me as very telling of the European mentality and EEC maturity...
...charges, tightened controls on firearms and explosives, and last month raided and padlocked the Provisional Sinn Fein offices in Dublin. This week the government will present to the Irish Parliament a bill that seeks to redefine membership in illegal organizations and put the burden of proof on defendants to disclaim their affiliation with such groups. Says O'Malley: "It's part of the general policy of the government here to harass these people to the greatest extent possible...
...fanatical J.D.L. has been harassing Russian diplomats, entertainers and their families for two years, but its leaders were quick to disclaim responsibility for last week's crime. From Israel, where he is trying to form a worldwide J.D.L., Rabbi Meir Kahane called the bombings "insane." The acting head of J.D.L., New York Attorney Bertram Zweibon, denied that there had ever been a J.D.L. plan to bomb the Hurok and Columbia offices, both of which have booked Russian talent for the U.S. Hurok, 83, has long been an object of the league's enmity. As the foremost importer...
Although most academics receiving grants from the Project could disclaim any knowledge of its direct usefulness to the military, the Project's prime movers can not. MIT Professor J.C.R. Licklider, the Project's Principal Investigator (i.e., the nominal recipient of the government grant) returned to MIT from ARPA--the Defense Department agency funding the Project--several years ago in time to help plan the Project. (Whether the initiative for the Project came from the universities or from the Defense Department is thus a technical quibble...