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...take a minor miracle. Sophomore Johnny Dawkins leads the Blue Knights-riding high after a weekend win over Virginia-into the fray. Classmate Mark Alarie was second on the squad in scoring last year, topped only by Dawkins. Both were freshman All Americans. It's a young team, with only two seniors, one of which is also the only player under six feet tall. These guys can dunk. Harvard can't. Last season, Alarie alone had 21 blocked shots. All of the Cantabs together have managed three blocked shots all season. It could be a long night...
...matter how badly its forces fared against the U.S., standing up to the American giant would strengthen Syria's credentials to be Arab standardbearer. Though the terms of the 1980 Soviet pact with Damascus have never been revealed, officials in Moscow have hinted that Soviet troops would enter the fray only if Syrian territory were invaded. According to British intelligence officials, Moscow would unleash the Soviet-manned SA-5s to counter a full-scale Israeli move against Syrianheld Lebanon, but it would hold its fire in the face of a U.S. offensive, leaving it to the Syrians to retaliate. Administration...
Chun continues to pledge that he will step down and that elections will be held in 1988, when his seven-year term expires. But no obvious successor stands in line and Chun is unlikely to let opposition leaders return to the fray. Some Western diplomats suspect, as a result, that he will attempt to stay in office. Reagan seemed to discourage that notion, however, when he praised Chun's plan "for a constitutional transfer of power...
...conventional wisdom holds that Shultz is the bureaucratic winner. Up to now, he has been reluctant to enter the political fray, seldom advocating tough policy positions within the Administration. He has been a reassuring gray eminence, radiating sobriety and good sense. Now the Secretary of State has no rival stationed at the White House whom he has to outmaneuver. With U.S. entanglements around the world unusually complex and dangerous, it is a good time for George Shultz to step out front - and maybe even make some waves...
...added to train Ed-School students to develop computer software programs for school systems, especially for use in the classroom. These two new programs will enable the Ed School students to get into classrooms and to learn how to deal with kids instead of being thrown into the fray unprepared after graduation...