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...page report drew harsh local criticism but considerable attention in Washington, as it endorsed higher education principally because it makes students more productive members of society. That philosophy led Bok to suggest that, if necessary, the federal government could target aid only to those students-deemed most likely to finish college...
...harsh news of British losses at sea only seemed further to stiffen the resolve of Prime Minister Thatcher. Aides described her as being completely confident of her position, completely in command of herself. The personal traits that have made her so many political enemies?her combative nature, her refusal to bend to indecision or doubt?had singularly suited her to fulfilling the role of a wartime Prime Minister. General Galtieri may look haggard and Foreign Secretary Pym troubled, but Thatcher, close up, showed not a bit of strain. Her firm, clear voice ringing through the House of Commons, she defended...
...decision by California's three-member board of prison terms was harsh but expected. Sirhan Sirhan, 38, the lone killer of Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, had earlier been scheduled for parole on Sept. 1, 1984. But public outrage prompted an appeal by the Los Angeles district attorney's office, and after a rehearing at Soledad Prison, the board last week took back the parole date. Sirhan will come up for a new review in November...
That is why I can't understand, Director, why you continue to pay lip service in your letters to basic rights I suppose it may just be a ploy to escape harsh criticism from civil libertarians and students of history who perceive dangerous precedents for your ideas. In that case I won't worry about rights any longer. But I do want to make sure you perceive the contradiction that underlies what has been your public stance of "negative social pressure" against gays and respect for "basic rights". The broad support that is necessary to wield effective negative social pressure...
...that gave birth to Solidarity and catapulted Walesa to world prominence. Last week's brief and sporadic protests seemed more like a gesture of frustration than a show of force by the union. Still they were proof that Solidarity was alive-if not entirely well-after a harsh winter of repression...