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Nevertheless, politicians and Western observers believe that the incendiary mixture of the country's internal crisis−rampant terrorism and a near bankrupt economy−does make Turkey potentially explosive. At the least, continued economic deterioration could sorely impair Turkey's effectiveness as a NATO ally. At worst, if inflation and unemployment are not checked, the radical extremes could erode the political middle, polarize the population, and set the stage for the familiar nightmare: civil war under banners of fanatical right and left...
...heart and the lungs. Marijuana accelerates the rate at which the heart contracts and may temporarily weaken the strength of the contractions, making it potentially dangerous for people with certain cardiac conditions. Smoking pot irritates the lungs and throat and can result in "joint cough." Long-term use may impair the lungs. Other tentative findings...
Passage of the new law, its opponents argued, would invite draft dodging on a mass scale by nonreligious women. This would seriously impair the efficiency of the Israeli armed forces, which rely on women to run many basic administrative and support services. Under present law, Orthodox women are exempt from military service only if they can pass an oral examination on their religious beliefs conducted by a board that includes an army rabbi and a representative of the general staff manpower department. Rabbis objected to this system because some genuinely religious girls fail the exam simply because they are none...
...trio of Senators played key roles: Majority Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia; Connecticut Democrat Abraham Ribicoff, chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee; and Charles Percy of Illinois, the committee's top Republican. They argued that prolonging Lance's travail not only would be futile, but could seriously impair the President's ability to promote such Administration priorities as the Panama Canal treaty and the energy program. Before the week was out, all three had called for Lance's resignation. The climactic events unfolded this...
...tough on human rights but also urging mutual accommodation on arms. He said he would "speak out strongly and forcefully whenever human rights are threatened-not every instance, but when I think it's advisable." Moreover, he added that such statements, directed at the Soviet Union, need not impair mutual efforts at arms control. He thus rejected former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's theory of "linkage" in diplomacy, according to which different issues between the two superpowers are inevitably intertwined. Still, chances are that some linkage will remain a fact of life, no matter what the atmosphere...