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...help when I write the check, the U.N. has been wrong before. And how much sense does it may to emancipate an oppressed people by starving their economy? What's more, divestiture eliminates any leverage Harvard might have within a company. Editorialists and protesters may feel uncomfortable with or distrust power (perhaps not least because they have so little), but shares do mean voting power. The people who make decisions in companies are not only visible, but often have Harvard ties themselves. Not everyone in business is corrupt, just as not everyone in journalism is cynical, and working with corporate...
Besides, in the Reagan Administration, concern over the possible lulling effects of arms control, as expressed in closed-door meetings of policymakers, has been elevated from a cautionary anxiety to an institutionalized obsession. It reflects a basic distaste and distrust for the Soviet Union, all its works, and any dealings with...
...first place, while others believe they have been misled about its seriousness. To regain their trust, the utility has assembled a 32-person public information staff and says it reports even the most minute trace of suspect radiation. Says Communications Manager Doug Bedell: "The legacy of mistrust and distrust is very real and all we can do is slog along and be straightforward." But he has a lot to overcome. One of Pat Smith's anti-nuclear-power buttons reads THEY LIE; the I is in the shape of a cooling tower with a menacing plume escaping from...
...phemomenon is not original to the Reagan administration. More than one president has swept into office on a wave of anti-govenment sentiment. When Carter arrived in the capital, his keen distrust of the natives undobtedly miffed more than one D.C. veteran. But Reagan's attacks on government cut deeper-they denounce not merely the efficiency but the very raison d'etre of fistfuls of government agencies...
Israeli officials also complain that Washington sometimes sends mixed signals; they contend, for example, that last year some Administration officials, notably former Secretary of State Alexander Haig, seemed to indicate that they would not mind if the Israelis crushed the P.L.O. in Lebanon. On a personal level, Israeli officials distrust Weinberger and feel that he consistently tilts toward the Arabs...