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...Council made one minor concession to CUE. The committee asked the University to publicize the meager study abroad options which Harvard does offer. This year, for the first time, the Council had the University print a pamphlet on study abroad and enclose it in students' registration packets. Students requested a flexible study abroad program. They got a leaflet in return...
After brandishing the stick, Brezhnev proffered a meager carrot. He said that the number of Soviet medium-range nuclear missiles aimed at Europe would be reduced if the NATO weapons were not deployed. He added that the U.S.S.R. would unilaterally withdraw up to 20,000 Soviet troops plus 1,000 tanks and other military hardware from East Germany within the next twelve months...
...leftist power stroke had been building ever since the crushing victory of Margaret Thatcher's Tories in the national election last May, which left the Labor Party dispirited and divided. Party membership has dwindled to a meager 284,000, only 3% of the vote cast for Labor in May. At the local level, it is increasingly dominated by hard-left activists opposed to the centrists and rightists who look to Callaghan. When Benn and his core of radicals who dominate the party's national executive committee mounted their challenge at Brighton, Callaghan and his allies put up surprisingly...
...forecast by the IMF staff said that the combination of higher OPEC oil prices and the U.S. recession will force the rest of the industrial world into a stagflation swamp next year. Average inflation in industrial countries will rise to about 8.7%, and growth will fall to a meager...
Dartmouth fell Saturday, 3-0, to an undefeated Yale squad in New Haven while racking up a meager 84 yards in total offense. Signal-caller Jeff Kemp went 5-17 through the air for a mere 31 yards. Wide receiver Dave Shula snagged only two passes for 13 yards...