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While there are many reasons to keep ROTC out of our community (and these should be discussed), the simple fact is that ROTC discriminates. The issue here is the University's own policy on discrimination against students because of sexual orientation. One hopes that the existence of such a policy precludes the need for any discussion on why gays, lesbians and bisexuals should not be discriminated against, yet once more we are asked to explain our position, our need for rights. We are asked to explain our existence. Surely we have gotten beyond this on the Harvard campus...
...there are people in the U.S. who ought to know and do know. Many hours of our talks with Admiral Crowe were devoted to this topic. Quite recently the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Carlisle Trost said that everything should be done to keep the naval problem secondary. He doesn't want these negotiations, and he is not the only one. As for other concessions, they were made on both sides. If someone believes that we are eliminating more intermediate-range missiles than the U.S. and that this is a defeat for the Soviet Union, let them...
Even if such obstacles are satisfactorily addressed, there may still be a peculiar nostalgia to keep portions of the Wall intact. Says Jurgen Schmude, a West German Social Democrat and former Justice Minister: "This thing should be left standing as a memorial so that people in 200 years can study the unbelievable that once was a reality. Except for the Chinese Wall, this is the most famous wall in the world...
Emmett Watson, a curmudgeonly columnist for the Seattle Times, has conducted an anti-California crusade for years. MOUNT THE RAMPARTS! FIGHT CALIFORNICATION! exhorts the headline of a recent Watson tirade. The columnist is the founder of Lesser Seattle, an antibooster organization that seeks to "keep the bastards out" by exaggerating the city's negative characteristics, such as its notorious rainfall. The organization's slogan: "Have a Nice Day -- Somewhere Else!" Watson insists that his crusade is tongue in cheek, but many newly arrived Californians take less satirical slurs to heart. "Our very first day the Welcome Wagon lady called...
...latest law-enforcement techniques and training, along with the most up-to-date crime news from around the country. Explains network President Billy Prince, a former Dallas police chief: "There's a terrible lack of knowledge among police. Information is changing so fast that it's impossible to keep up by sending men to a boring seminar. We offer cost-effective bits and pieces...