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...complementary to and not a replacement of the Camp David peace process. But he also noted that because the interests of Western Europe and the Middle East were so "deeply intertwined"-not least where oil supplies are concerned-the Europeans could not afford to allow the peace process to languish in limbo during an American election year...
...based on private property, where normal economic activity consists of commercial transactions between consenting adults." The idea seems elementary enough: people have the right to acquire and trade property in a free market, to start and build enterprises without fear of government intervention or confiscation, to expand or languish according to their own abilities. But when early Enlightenment thinkers began to propagate that simple philosophy in the 18th century, it represented a scandalous revolution in a world in which the individual was merely a subject of caste, church and state. Europe for centuries had been under the sway of authority...
Shirley Hufstedler is learning to adapt to the changing requirements of her environment. With the initial building stages of the Department of Education well under way and seemingly in control, Hufstedler has already come a long way from the babe-in-the-wooods stage that many predicted she might languish in for the balance of her career. The bureaucractic teeth Hufstedler has pulled thus far, as she readily admits, are just the beginnings of the business of being a Cabinet secretary. With any luck and agood deal of support from below, Hufstedler may defy the experts and the critics...
Last year, Dartmouth was expected to languish in the second division, but quarterback Buddy Teevens led his offense to a league-high 170 points as the Big Green captured the Ivy crown. In addition, Teevens led the league in passing and was second in total offense to Harvard's long-lost Larry Brown. Teevens is gone this year, but his favorite target, Dave Shula returns at split end, where he caught a league-leading 39 passes in 1978. However, getting the ball to Shula may be a problem. Larry Mergerum, who backed up Tevens last year, saw only three quarters...
...Speedy trial laws. Delay in the criminal courts means that many defendants languish in jail, whether or not they are guilty...