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...Communist Party responded with alarm when Walesa proposed forming the government. On Friday, the Soviet Union joined in with expressions of concern, warning against possible harm to the stability of Poland and Europe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Polish Leader Abandons Bid for Coalition | 8/15/1989 | See Source »

Even as Higgins was being interrogated, however, the CIA and the Defense Intelligence Agency were preparing a damage assessment that concluded that information Higgins could give Hizballah was unlikely to harm U.S. security. He did not, for example, know the names of secret agents in the Middle East. No U.S. operations were changed as a result of the kidnaping. "The main danger was to Higgins," says an official familiar with the report. "It was a stupid posting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Stupid Posting | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

...without some kind of child care system, such programs would be infeasible for women. Without improving the public education system, society is doomed to produce generations of citizens incapable of taking an active part in society. The fact is that, without such key elements, welfare does much more harm than good...

Author: By Garrett A. Price iii, | Title: Perpetuating Racism Through Affirmative Action | 7/21/1989 | See Source »

...organize some joint actions.' They want us to refuse army service and lie down with them in front of the bulldozers when an Arab house is ordered destroyed. Because we won't do things like that, the Palestinians leave with unfulfilled expectations. We could be doing more harm than good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trying To Bridge the Gap | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

...upper floors before 5 p.m. because such measures would be inconvenient for some faculty members. The administration also refused to increase the number of street lights in the Yard, even after six assaults of students near in the Square in a four-week period, because it would harm the historic value of the area...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Intolerance of Opinions | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

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