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...just economic now (the Army as a last resort for jobless youth). They are also patriotic. In his letter of application to West Point, a high school student from Florida wrote, "I will relish having the chance to serve my country in a position in which I can exert a positive influence...
Iran did have the power to exert religious and psychological pressure on the Islamic militants. Not all the pro-Iranian factions of militant Lebanese Shi'ites appeared to be in agreement with the hijackers' tactics. A man claiming to represent Islamic Jihad, a shadowy group that is thought to be an umbrella organization for various terrorists in the region, called a news agency in Beirut to deny responsibility for the hijacking. He expressed support for the terrorists but urged them "not to get the Islamic Republic involved in the case." The Iranian government's best hope...
...support disinvestment' because that would be an indictable offense back in South Africa," Tutu said. "But I will certainly say that I expect those who want to support us to exert all the pressure they can on South African government political, diplomatic, and above all economic pressure...
...president of Harvard is always in a unique position to exert leadership, and he has certainly done that," says Robert Atwell, acting director of the American Council on Education, who gives Bok special credit for his work in pushing the NCAA to toughen academic standards for student athletes. "For him to do that is really an act of citizenship, because Harvard doesn't have any of these problems...
Repeatedly, an aggressive and more crisply articulate Mondale tried to zero in on Reagan's competence and leadership ability rather than his years. The question, declared the challenger, is "Who's in charge?" Mondale accused Reagan of failing to exert control, specifically with respect to security measures in the face of terrorist threats in Beirut, a CIA handbook advising political assassinations, blackmail and kidnapings in Nicaragua, and fights within his Government about arms-control policy. Declared Mondale: "A President must not only assure that we're tough. [He] must also be wise and smart in the exercise of that power...