Word: exportability
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Officials here called the report spurious and vague, but a Pentagon spokesman said it showed a need for tighter security. Last week's White House announcement said efforts at tightening export controls and classifying more information would continue, but basic scientific research would not be affected...
...Export Control Laws...
Under several ambiguously-worded acts and regulations, including the Export Administration Act of 1979 and the Arms Export Control Act of 1968, it is illegal to give enemy powers technological information that "advances the state...
...fall of 1981, the State Department, citing the Export Control regulations, asked Harvard and several other universities to monitor the activities of visiting Chinese students. Harvard refused...
...less troubling for Mexico are indications that Saudi Arabia is taking steps that could lower world oil prices (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS). The consequences would be enormous for Mexico, which draws 66% of its export earnings from petroleum. Last week's devastation is also certain to hurt Mexico's tourism industry, which provides crucial foreign-exchange dollars to help service Mexico's debt. Tourists are likely to stay away until normal conditions are restored in Mexico City and the hard-hit coastal states; accommodations will be tight until the many damaged hotels are repaired or rebuilt. On the bright side, neither...