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...Khmer Rouge, a product of their long-standing, virulent hatred of the Vietnamese. Such a move could lead to a new effort at rapprochement with the Vietnamese. They are being bled white by their costly occupation of Cambodia and would likely welcome the chance, on the right terms, to loosen the stranglehold presented by the increasing Soviet military presense in their country. The first step in this diplomatic offensive could be a move to drop recognition at the United Nations for the resistance forces, until they drop the Khmer Rouge, in favor of recognizing no government--a move which could...
...sorry," he said, pulling out his black grade book. "I've made an effort to work things out here, really I have." He flipped through the book until he found the page he was looking for. "Here we are," he said. "I'm afraid my little attempt to loosen you up hasn't proven too successful. I really have no other choice: You will have to receive a 'C' for the course...
With a few Reagan appointees, the court might well be sympathetic to Administration efforts to loosen pollution standards, open up national parks to economic uses and generally unfetter market forces. A harbinger: last term the court upheld an Administration policy designed to give industry greater flexibility for growth without interference from antipollution laws. The Justices chastised an activist federal appeals court, which had struck down the plan, for meddling in policymaking...
Similarly, Harvard should make a much greater effort to provide terminals and computers in the Houses in order to loosen the strain on the central system and the inevitable mad crush in the basement of the Science Center...
Similarly, Harvard should make a much greater effort to provide terminals and computers in the Houses in order to loosen the strain on the central system and the inevitable mad crush in the basement of the Science Center...