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Kaiser described the fierceness of the Reagan administration's anti-Soviet rhetoric as a leading impetus to the growth of the peace movement in Western Europe, saying its power comes mostly from the voice of small, but highly articulate minorities, such as the West German magazine, Der Spiegel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NATO Panel | 12/15/1981 | See Source »

Erickson claims that he received the impetus to form women's rugby when he wore his rugby shirt around campus last year, and women often stopped him and asked him about the sport. "Many of them expressed an interest in playing the sport, but no one took the initiative to start organizing it," he says...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soccer, Tennis Teams Dining In Style | 11/7/1981 | See Source »

...assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat has given new impetus to the antiwithdrawal movement, some of whose supporters openly rejoiced over Sadat's murder. They argue that international law recognizes that circumstances change, and believe that in a national referendum, which they hope will be called, Israeli voters would reject the Sinai withdrawal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Digging In | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

...Corn Geneticist Ronald Phillips of the University of Minnesota. Can it be done, especially since the so-called Green Revolution has just about run out of steam? The answer may lie in the fact that a second Green Revolution, powered by the wonders of genetic engineering, has been gathering impetus for some time and now seems within reach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Tampering with Beans and Genes | 10/19/1981 | See Source »

...months away--interested in their daily training regimen, Bruce Beall, the coach of the Harvard lightweights, said while he wished the Head were later in the fall, he didn't think his crews would be training any differently if there were no Head. "It gives a goal, an impetus for training," he added...

Author: By George P. Bayliss, | Title: The Head: Action on the Charles | 10/17/1981 | See Source »

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