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McGovern seemed relaxed, though somewhat weary, as he reiterated one of his platform's major themes--that the only way to end hunger and malnutrition in the country is to divert money from the defense budget...
...officials are far from convinced that fair and proper procedures will be followed. Because of the vague operating rules and the curious timing of the election-two days before the U.S. presidential election-officials speculate that the Sandinistas want to divert attention from their own activities. For the Sandinistas the problem is clear-cut: how to create a free and open election, and make sure they...
...were repeatedly tortured and mutilated by local vigilantes in subsequent years. The worst outburst prior to Khomeini's takeover occurred in 1955-56 under the late Shah. Former agents of SAVAK, the Shah's secret police, say that government agents provoked anti-Baha'i hysteria to divert reactionary Muslims from turning their fury against the Shah. Recalls a former SAVAK officer: "A lot of Muslim clergy, including many with high positions in the Khomeini regime, grew rich on SAVAK money, which they took to fight Bahaism and Communism." In the 1978 turmoil that preceded the Shah...
...most obvious solution would be for the military to fund its own programs. At a time when the Federal commitment to higher education is declining, student aid programs are being cut, and funds for the Pentagon are ever-increasing, it is absurd that the Faculty should be asked to divert some of its funds to a non-academic military program such as ROTC. There are many organizations which offer benefits to Harvard students. But some, such as final clubs and ROTC, are not open to all qualified students and thus are not deserving of Faculty support...
...discovered oil in the south, the government made plans to pipe it out of the territory rather than build a refinery on the spot, which would have generated jobs in the economically depressed region. In addition, some southerners fear that the Jonglei Canal, a huge project to divert water northward from the White Nile, will turn parts of the south into a desert...