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...seriously doubt that a letter from Derek Bok about Citibank loans to the South African government would be read by nearly every college president and institutional investor in the country, would get prominent play in this country's most influential newspapers, and so on? Where is the harm in trying...
...clean alternative energy sources by 75%, while giving the nuclear power program full funding. They cut deeply into support for education and scientific research, while barely touching such boondoggles as water projects and tobacco subsidies. These skewed priorities may serve the Republicans' special interests, but they will certainly harm America's longrun national interest...
Democrats do not wish to be seen as disagreeing with every aspect of the Reagan economic policy. Some parts of the tax package, such as adjusting business taxes to compensate for inflation, have merit; so do cuts in price-support programs that harm the overall economy...
...Atlanta City Council last week took another step to keep its young people out of harm's way. In addition to a four-month-old curfew, the council's public safety committee recommended approval of an ordinance banning children under 15 from selling merchandise on the streets or in public places. Assuming that many of the victims were lured by the killer's promise of a job, plainclothes policemen cruising in unmarked cars have been observing black children as they play. Says Public Safety Commissioner Lee Brown: "These kids are different from white people in that they...
...Chinese who still cherish the memory of Mao but would also turn her into a martyr. Deng, however, has apparently not convinced members of the Politburo, as well as other party leaders who suffered at Jiang's hands during the Cultural Revolution, that executing her would do more harm than good. "There are different opinions," admits one well-placed party official. "Some believe that if Jiang Qing's terrible crimes do not bring on an execution, then nobody can legitimately get the death sentence again. Others are more concerned about the political situation...