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...Tahra Palace on the outskirts of Cairo. Privately, both sides insisted that the Sinai settlements were not a fundamental problem. In fact, one leading Egyptian official told TIME Cairo Bureau Chief Wilton Wynn: "We suspect the Israelis are making so much of the Sinai settlements in order to establish the principle of settlements in the occupied territories-and later to apply that principle to the West Bank and Golan Heights. Their interest in the Sinai settlements is mainly symbolic." Dismissing the Sinai settlements as a minor issue, another well-informed Egyptian asked: "Why not just run the Egyptian flag...
Reischauer and Mansfield said the department still intends to establish an endowed chair with part of the contribution to the Japanese Institute that Japan made last year...
Some observers speculate that the South African government might have deliberately allowed Woods to escape in order to free itself of a political nuisance. If so, this was an odd miscalculation, since the eloquent Woods aims to establish himself as a critic in exile. "Whenever [a government spokesman] pops up to sell South African soap abroad," he told McWhirter last week, "they'll have to deal with me on the same platform." Until recently. Woods added, "I had gone along with the belief that South African politics should be left to South Africa to sort...
Miller's first challenge will be to establish himself as a competent, forceful leader. The importance of his doing so was underscored last week by a sharp drop in the stock market. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled almost 38 points to close the week under the 800 mark at 793.49. The drop occurred mostly because of worries about the dollar, but also partly because of uncertainty about Miller and what policies he will follow. In addition, businessmen will be watching Miller's performance in checking inflation for clues as to whether to launch plant expansion and modernization...
With energy as important as it is, now may be the time for Harvard to establish a central committee in charge of energy problems if not an energy czar. Perhaps its responsibilities could extend to ther areas of conservation...