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...draft issued last week contains some revisions, but overall it is even more fervent in its opposition to the Administration's policies than the previous document. The White House, which has sought to deflect attention from arms control issues during the campaign, decided to delay any formal response until after the election. But at his first formal news conference in 21 months, Weinberger last week strongly defended Reagan's proposed strategic buildup. Said the Defense Secretary: "A nuclear freeze would weaken the deterrent forces we rely on to prevent war. We think freezing at this point is something...
...Kenyatta does not think either of these stands contradicts his overall support of civil rights. Nor does he think his opposition to school busing precludes a fervent commitment to minority education...
Firmly believing the latter, Rosovsky and other fervent supporters of the proposed plan fought the advocates of flexibility by stressing Core courses' special nature. Unlike departmental courses, they were to treat the broad themes and analytic methods of the appropriate discipline in question, using the actual course material as essentially a case study rather than as knowledge to be acquired. As such, Core courses would obviously be irreplaceable, and innumerable survey courses that might otherwise seem appropriate for the acquisition of a "broad, common core of knowledge" would not fit into the Core because of approach...
...Thursday, the rally had started to lose steam, sending the Dow Jones index skidding more than 18 points. By week's end the Dow had slipped below the 1000 level, closing at 993. Meanwhile, analysts had begun to warn that little was fueling the buying binge except the fervent hope that lower interest rates would eventually lead to economic growth...
Sadat reminded us that the disputed phrase came directly from Resolution 242, which all of us agreed to be the foundation of our peace efforts. He was fervent in condemning "the Israeli settlements on my land...