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Even Cyrus Vance, in his attempt to pre-empt his critics, has called the presence of the brigade "a very serious matter" and said that the Administration "will not be satisfied with the status quo." Thus Vance contributed to the misimpression that the Soviet military presence in Cuba has been steadily and ominously growing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Coping with the Soviets' Cuban Brigade | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...revise the ordinance or institutions doing research will have to conform to the 1976 guidelines." Parker Coddington of the Government and Community Affairs Office, says, "The new guidelines would in no way change the application of the ordinance to the old guidelines because the guidelines do not pre-empt city or state laws." But Donald Dressler, chairman of the Cambridge Biohazards Committee, says he assumes the 1978 guidelines will apply under the ordinance...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: The Guideline Dilemma | 11/14/1978 | See Source »

Another objection to Brustein's plan students have voiced is that the professional company would pre-empt undergraduate use of Loeb facilities. The agreement between Harvard and the repertory company should guarantee that House drama groups will continue to have access to the Loeb shop and technical advice from its staff. Brustein proposes reducing the number of undergraduate productions at the Loeb from four to seven a year--but House drama societies, as well as other groups like the Radcliffe Grant-in-Aid Society and the Gilbert and Sullivan Society, would continue to provide the lion's share of student...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Brustein Affair | 11/7/1978 | See Source »

...city council last night passed Vellucci's resolution calling for the postponement of action on a bill in Congress that may pre-empt and vacate all municipal and state laws about recombinant DNA research...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: Vellucci Asks War On Crime | 5/3/1977 | See Source »

...Sunday evening, Oct. 7, Kissinger met Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz and told him that Israel's decision not to pre-empt was "the right decision." Yes, replied Dinitz, but "that decision bestows a special responsibility on America not to leave us alone, as far as equipment is concerned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HISTORICAL NOTES: How Kissinger Handled a War | 7/1/1974 | See Source »

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