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WORLD WAR II, the Middle East Conflict; the Cold War. Watergate, very few people can claim to have even been a first-hand witness to any single one of these events. But Clifton Daniel, former foreign correspondent and managing editor of the New York Times has not only witnessed but played a role in all of them, not to mention several international summit conferences and a multitude of other major events Daniel, though, has no intention of burdening his readers with anything remotely serious...
...idea of a relaxing evening in front of the family room TV. Some among us might even call it barbaric. But we live in a barbaric society. An overwhelming majority of people in this country favor the death penalty, and it is about time they see the consequences first-hand: capital punishment as the newest spectator sport...
Many Boston area college students have gone through the program, with Harvard and particularly Brandeis, in Waltham, leading the way. Many volunteers cite plusses ranging from witnessing the Israeli military first-hand, to meeting Israeli families, to establishing enduring friendships with people, both American and Israeli...
MEMBERS OF THE HARVARD COMMUNITY got a first-hand glimpse of the Reagan Administration's rage for secrecy last week when University officials made clear their opposition to the Pentagon's latest gag rule. Daniel Steiner '54, vice president and general counsel, led a chorus of denunciation of the Defense Department's plans to censor the publication of unclassified research and said Harvard would not accept funds governed by such a restriction...
...congregation of The Old Cambridge Baptist Church on Mass. Ave. is attempting to provide a sanctuary to one or more refugees willing to publicly relate their first-hand experiences in Central America, said Susan Wetherall, a member of the church's Sanctuary Committee. Through its sanctuary efforts, the church group hopes to express its opposition to United States military involvement in Central America, said Jean Chandler, another member of the Sanctuary Committee...