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...possible, of course, to dismiss such demands as no more than an opening bargaining position, designed to seize the high ground at negotiations. But there are no negotiations under way now, and scant prospect of them in the short term. The memorandum is, it seems, a revolutionary document. "The people," it pledges, "are determined to continue the process of building people's power in our communities, factories and schools regardless of the cost. The possibilities of freedom and democracy are no longer dim and distant. Our victory is certain...
This is hardly grounds to dismiss her party's legitimacy, since Republican candidate Gregory S. Hyatt felt obliged to forge signatures in order to meet one-quarter of that requirement...
YMCA officials dismiss charges that they are crowding private gyms. Commercial operators, says John Ouellet, president of the Los Angeles YMCA, would no doubt prefer the Y to "put up a building as dilapidated as the one we tore down." When private clubs fail, he contends, the reason is often poor management, not competition from a well-equipped Y. If anyone is encroaching, say YMCA officials, it is the private operators. The Y has been touting fitness for more than a century. Declares Thomas Hargrave Jr., president of the Washington YMCA: "We started the health-and-fitness business...
...libel suits: the ones it loses and the ones it wins. Even meritless complaints can lead to costly court battles, a threat that can inhibit even the wealthiest news organizations. Last week the U.S. Supreme Court gave the news media important relief with a ruling that encourages judges to dismiss unworthy suits before they go to trial...
...nation's racial differences through compromise. Many South Africans regard him as perhaps the only man, white or black, who can bring about a peaceful end to the hated apartheid system. This very prominence makes him a figure of suspicion and even derision among many militant blacks, who dismiss him as a puppet of the Pretoria government. Even so, all sides agree that the Zulu chief is likely to play a pivotal role in the future of the country...