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...convincingly, the primary + reason for the unusually large concentration of naval power off Lebanon was the unpredictable course of the Iran-Iraq war, some 700 miles to the east. In that war, Iran is waging a continuing campaign against the southern Iraqi city of Basra and thereby posing an implicit threat to Iraq's gulf allies, most notably Kuwait. "We talk about our strategic interests in the context of the Iran-Iraq war," a senior Administration official insisted...
...constitutionally--and ethically--suspect practice in which increasingly large numbers of companies are deciding to engage. Although such testing is not illegal, this may well not be the case once its constitutional validity has been adequately tested in the courts. Many think that the presumption of guilt implicit in forcing an individual suspected of no wrongdoing and posing no threat to his colleagues will not stand up to such a challenge. We're among them...
...Offutt and a number of other council members objected to the letters, saying that the use of council stationary was an implicit support of the pro-divestment gift fund. A council vote resulted in a two-thirds majority in favor of not using the stationary...
...past two presidents of the board, with Bok's implicit and in some cases expressed endorsement, have forced Overseers to operate in a closed, privatized manner. A democratic competition among members will help to open up and to enliven the proceedings, hampering absurd efforts to shut out an interested public...
...question is implicit in Capitol Hill comments on the President's impassivity about Iranscam. Referring to Reagan's request for public release of a Senate Intelligence Committee report on the scandal, Maine Republican William Cohen complained last week, "I have the sensation we've slipped through a rabbit hole into something of a fantasy land. The President is demanding Congress . . . furnish him with a report describing in detail a plan that was formulated and perhaps executed either in or within a few feet of the Oval Office." Stung by such barbs, the White House announced that Independent Adviser David Abshire...