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...down-town tax abatement program for corporations and hotels. Insult was added to injury when Bradley moved into a mayoral mansion given to Los Angeles by the late J. Paul Getty. But more cautious observers note that Bradley has not let the liberals down, since he never gave his explicit loyalty to any ideology. His claim of running as "mayor of all the people" is Bradley's way of explaining to minorities and liberals alike why he enjoys so much support from large banks and corporations. Bradley is already seen as a possible 1984 vice-presidential candidate...

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: The Big Time | 11/2/1982 | See Source »

...plan to solve the Palestinian problem by linking the Israeli-occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to Jordan. The Arabs at Fez had come closer than ever before to a recognition of Israel's right to exist, but the President hoped to extract a more explicit commitment from his visitors. "We believe the time has come to stop talking about talking about peace and start sitting down at the table," a senior State Department official said on the eve of the visit. Although Reagan did not get the statement he sought, he hailed the meeting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Looking to Washington | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

Shultz's threat was explicit but not surprising. Only last month the U.S., along with Britain and France, walked out of a meeting of the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna after it voted to refuse to recognize Israel's credentials as a member. In response Shultz announced that the U.S. would suspend the payment of $8.5 million in dues to the IAEA while Washington reconsiders its participation in the organization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: United Nations: Playing International Hardball | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

Proponents of a reform in policy have urged an explicit statement, approved by the Faculty Council, that would state in stronger terms what sort of actions would not be tolerated and what sort of punishments might follow...

Author: By Adam S. Cohen, | Title: Another Voice On Harassment | 10/30/1982 | See Source »

...report went on to urge that a person of authority in the University be given the explicit responsibility of making statements on the standards the University wishes to set on the issue...

Author: By Adam S. Cohen, | Title: Another Voice On Harassment | 10/30/1982 | See Source »

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