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Still, U.S. officials speculated that the Chinese had passed Washington's demand on to the Cambodians, perhaps even adding a message of their own urging that the ship and crew be returned. If that is so, the episode would be another indication that China wants the U.S. to maintain a substantial position in Asia in order to counterbalance Soviet influence...
...force boosted South Korean faith in the U.S. as an ally. Said Kay Kwang Gil, a Seoul expert on international relations: "If this sort of piracy act had gone unpunished, few of the American allies on this side of the Pacific could have found it easy to maintain confidence in the U.S." The Japanese, who depend heavily on oil tankers and freighters that use the seas off the Cambodian coast, called the U.S. action justified. Australians generally regarded the U.S. action as inevitable and believed that the Mayaguez had to be recaptured if U.S. influence in the Far East...
...than $3 billion worth of military and economic aid. As a result of the demonstrations, all U.S. personnel based in the Laotian provinces were recalled to Vientiane. Washington insists, however, that it has no intention of closing the embassy. As long as the coalition continues, the U.S. hopes to maintain a presence in the country. According to some U.S. officials, the Pathet Lao have been saying that they want American aid (currently running at $80 million annually) and an American presence to continue...
Though it requires the stamina of soccer, Ultimate Frisbee is in many ways a spoof of big-time sports. Most of the schools with teams are far from athletic superpowers-Tufts, Hampshire, Rutgers, Holy Cross, Clark University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The players take pains to maintain their non-jock distinction. When Rutgers showed up at the first Intercollegiate Frisbee Championship held last month at Yale sporting numbered uniforms and soccer shoes, the Tufts varsity responded by wearing yellow T shirts all emblazoned with the number 3. At the Tufts-Hampshire tiff, the first Frisbee was thrown out by the grandmother...
...editor in chief of the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Hutchins' chief operating officer: "When Moos was elected we were in no worse financial condition than we always had been. If we're in trouble now, it's because Malcolm Moos doesn't have the prestige to maintain the dialogue...