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Policy made in such an ad hoc manner has left important questions unanswered. Is the U.S. in fact committed to overturning Nicaragua's Sandinista government, or only to harassing it enough to keep it from fomenting Marxist revolution throughout Central America? Reagan and his advisers have made statements that can be interpreted either way. How serious is the Administration about promoting negotiations for a regional agreement that would ban all foreign military advisers and cross-border arms shipments in Central America? Reagan last week had Special Envoy Richard Stone hand-carry a letter to the Presidents of the so-called...
Following the three rejections, the department and the ad hoc committee "consensually" drew up a list of about a dozen scholars--all data specialists. Acting Chairman of the Department William Alonso, said yesterday. Such preliminary lists are usually drawn up by departments acting alone...
Still, the IDAF has powerful advocates in Washington. Sen. Paul E. Tsongas (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate ad hoc monitoring group on Southern Africa, is a sponsor of the organization and has worked closely with Carstens in the past. At Carsten's suggestion, Tsongas and other members of Congress "adopted" political prisoners in South Africa to whom they corresponded and lent moral support...
...hoc committee for disarmament, students at MIT will be manning a series of tables set up at strategic points along the route of today's commencement procession At each station they will distribute green armbands which symbolize solidarity with the European disarmament movement...
...will require more than an ad hoc committee or two to move the council into the thick of student life. A decisive shift in the way many council members view themselves is also necessary. The enthusiasm demonstrated by council members for their work was a welcome departure from the lack sadaisical approach taken by their predecessors. But too often this energy was misdirected. The experience of hobnobbing with Harvard administrators makes it both easy and dangerous for students to distance themselves from their peers. Too many council members fell into this trap. The result was a worri-some haughtiness which...