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...said last week that the U.S. was determined to keep the strait open, implying that it might organize an international fleet to do so. The Soviet news agency TASS thundered that "the U.S.A. is speeding up preparations for armed interference in the Persian Gulf area" and Secretary of State Edmund Muskie warned that the situation "could even escalate to the point where the unthinkable hostilities may take place"-meaning, presumably, a U.S.-Soviet nuclear confrontation...
...fight is by no means over. To win the showdown, Secretary of State Edmund Muskie promised that only half the 39 tons of uranium would be sent to In dia immediately. Before the second half is shipped, he said, "we will consult with Congress" on what India is doing to as sure the U.S. that the fuel will not be used to make bombs...
...fighting quickly. If they did not, the Soviets warned, the U.S. would take advantage. "While calling by word of mouth for neutrality in the Iranian-Iraqi conflict," the Soviet news agency TASS said after the New York meeting between Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and U.S. Secretary of State Edmund Muskie, "Washington is in fact building up tensions and making a choice between direct interference in the Iranian-Iraqi conflict and the possibility of launching international intervention in case the war between Iran and Iraq jeopardizes oil exports from the Persian Gulf area...
...Evolutionary Biology," with an enrollment of 311, had more than 400 applicants this year, Edmund O. Wilson, Baird Jr. Professor of Science, said yesterday. He said the high enrollment may have been prompted by a shortage in Core science courses...
...midst of an election campaign, the Carter Administration was in no position to hand him back. One way out of the impasse seemed to be up to the Soviets: if they were to prove eager to clear the air for this week's meeting between Secretary of State Edmund Muskie and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, for example, it was thought they might allow the hapless defector to go abroad-though not to the U.S. Otherwise, he was likely to remain in the embassy as an uninvited guest for the foreseeable future...