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Thus in an era when political skyjackings had seemed to be declining, a trio of determined gunmen brought that brand of political blackmail back to the forefront of world attention - and proved that it could work. The incident continued to have ominous repercussions long after the last hostage had returned to the welcoming embrace of his family. It heightened international tensions, sparked a hot row between Washington and Moscow, and raised widespread fears of a possible new wave of hijackings. Warned Alitalia Security Chief Aristide Manopulo: "This could lead to a full-scale return to international air terrorism. The Pakistan...
...leftover from the 1960s. Back then, in fact, he marched regularly in the streets of Berkeley, Calif., taking part in civil rights and antiwar demonstrations. Despite his casual look, Herbert Wayne Boyer is a millionaire many times over, at least on paper. More important, he is in the forefront of a new breed of scientist-entrepreneurs who are leading gene splicing out of the university laboratory and into the hurly-burly of industry and commerce...
Saying he believes students and faculty should "have equal input" into the CRR, Alterman said, "Adams House did the College a service by keeping the issue in the forefront of student debate...
Embree looks ahead to a career incorporate law, emphasizing sports and entertainment-related legal matters, and he is also in the forefront of the formation of the Association of Track and Field Athletes...
Perhaps the most significant action of all was a sit-in staged by 5,000 of the 9,000 students at the University of Lodz, 40 miles southwest of Warsaw. Students were in the hazardous forefront of Poland's violent anti-Soviet demonstrations in 1968, but they had taken little part in the latest upheavals. Last week they mobilized, occupying academic buildings at Lodz and settling in for a siege with sleeping bags. Among their demands: fewer courses on Marxism, less emphasis on Russian-language instruction, and an end to restrictions on foreign travel...