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...American support. Ever since the soaring, book-shaped glass and steel headquarters opened for business in New York in 1952, diplomats have been complaining: about the city's dirt, crime, traffic and high housing costs. In June, the Soviet Union formally objected that the U.S. had failed to halt thousands of obscene phone calls to its mission...
...raised fears that events were veering dangerously out of control. The galvanizing shock of Aquino's murder had produced a national outpouring of anti-Marcos sentiment; opposition leaders vowed that the protests would continue until democracy is restored; an official investigation into the killing had ground to a halt; the country was mired in its worst economic crisis since Marcos came to power. While the challenges mounted, Marcos stiffened; at one point he even implicitly threatened to reimpose martial law. "Do not force my hand," he warned in a nationally televised speech. "Do not compel me to move into...
Rich, though, has more things to consider than just his image. Hoping to return to the U.S., he reportedly tried without success recently to plea bargain with federal officials for a prison term of four to five years in exchange for a halt to the probe. The Justice Department turned down the deal. Now U.S. officials believe Rich may be preparing to abandon the U.S. forever. The globetrotting trader, who once lived in Madrid, is believed to have sought Spanish citizenship. But Spain might provide only temporary refuge. Eventually Rich may have to decide whether to face U.S. authorities...
Harvard will keep halt of the funds to run its own center, but will subcontract the test to several other educational organizations Graham said. The other groups are the Cambridge School Department, the Educational Development Center in Newton, and the Educational Testing Service...
...freshman senior advisers sent a letter to Holworthy and Thayer residents calling for a halt to the yelling that has occurred between the two dorms since freshman week...