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...federal court appeals for stays of execution; now that, just last month, the Supreme Court rejected an appeal based upon the issue of proportionality review. This, combined with the present Court's frequently articulated and ever-growing impatience with death penalty delays, is almost sure to mean a gradual acceleration in 1984 pace of executions in 1984 and the years to come...
...general Gert Bastian, withdrew from West Germany's Green Party last Thursday, the young party came one step closer to failure as a viable political institution. More disturbing than Bastian's departure in itself, however, are the issues that prompted his resignation: increasingly heated internal power struggles and a gradual reformation of party priorities...
...rare firsthand knowledge of the subject, including some hands-on experience running a reactor. During simulated exercises in 1980 at a training center for technicians in Morris, Ill., Stoler recalls, "I undertook a routine drill to bring the reactor back on line. It was supposed to be gradual, but I brought it along too fast and overheated it. If it had been a real reactor, I'd have melted it down...
...Commerce Department had earlier added to Brazil's burden by ruling that steel exports to the U.S., which totaled $1.3 billion last year, were unfairly subsidized and thus subject to penalty duties. Further economic blows of that kind could threaten the country's long and gradual "opening" to full civilian rule, and complicate what is essentially a long and stable friendship between Brasilia and Washington. Predicts a Brazilian banker: "Late 1984 could be a crucial period for U.S.-Brazilian relations." Before ending his trip with a brief courtesy visit to Barbados, Shultz will look in on yet another...
...relay when the Nittany Lions Rob Kramer opened up a 5-yd, lead on teammate Gerry Ross and Harvard freshman Lars Reierson. But in the final lap, Reierson charged ferociously past both opponents to give the aquamen the minimum 57 points required for the win, capping the Crimson's gradual return to Eastern swimming supremacy...