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...must not let the issues at stake be obscured by Dershowitz's implications about feminist activists who work within the legal system. Creating villians out of those who take the pornography issue very personally is misguided, serving only to heighten the feelings of antagonism on both sides. Ill-considered name-calling has no place in the responsible discussion of serious issues. J. Marshall Thomsen...
...Radio denounced the mission as "an aggressive act of piracy." India's Ministry of External Affairs said that it could not condone "military adventurism of the type inherent in the attempt of the U.S." It complained that the raid had "only tended to complicate the situation further and heighten tensions." The Saudis, among America's closest friends in the Muslim world, are alarmed at the prospect of reckless U.S. intervention in the Persian Gulf region. But Egypt's Anwar Sadat was quick to express concern for Jimmy Carter. Said the Egyptian leader: "It is hard luck...
...paid too little attention to stimulating the production, or supply, of goods and services. Supply siders, such as Senator Lloyd Bentsen and Michael Evans, the president of a Washington-based economic advisory service, propose tax cuts for business to spur investment rather than just tax relief for consumers to heighten spending...
Harvard-Radcliffe must no longer require Third World students to submerge their identities in order to participate in University activities. Paying for the privilege of participating in the mainstream of Harvard life with our identities causes fragmentation within the Third World community and only serves to heighten our alienation from the community at large. The University provides us no place to go where we are no in the minority; thus, we are always seen as curiosities. The Third World Center gives us a forum to express our cultural identities with dignity and legitimacy. Only the insitutionalization of a campus-wide...
Cambridge in April has as good a claim to the title "Windy city" as Chicago ever did, and the unnelling effect of Soldiers Field only serves to heighten that claim. The Crimson harriers battled that wind, injuries, and perennial foe Northeastern to win their opening home meet yesterday...