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...fact in an opinion poll taken of the club's membership this autumn, 67.6 percent of the respondents opposed a constitutional amendment to outlaw abortion. The Republican Club is conservative by Harvard standards in that it promotes the ideal of freedom by limiting government domestically and combatting the spread of communism internationally, views shared by most Americans. In my opinion and that of some two-thirds of the club, the ideal of freedom includes a right to choice on the abortion issue free from legislative coercion...
...wrong for The Crimson to have preconceived notions about the likely opinions of the Harvard Republican Club's broadly based membership of two hundred undergraduates. The club is a group on campus supporting mainstream political ideas, apparently far more in touch with the country's convictions than some supposedly objective journalists at Harvard. The Crimson's characterization of my opinions is erroneous, and the RUS is doing a good service in promoting thoughtful discussion of this emotional issue whether or not the so-called "pro-life view is also represented." Mark P. Lagon...
Other organizations are more short lived. Membership in clubs sponsored by the Boston Computer Society often soars when a product is discontinued, only to wane as members move on to bigger and better machines. Says President Jonathan Rothanburg: "After a few years, the groups that form around an orphan computer pretty much disappear...
Gorbachev is expected to follow precedent by naming men in their 50s and 60s to full membership on the Politburo and to other top jobs. What intrigues Kremlinologists is the sort of men, officials in their 40s or younger, he will choose as their replacements. Not until a pattern emerges from these mid- . level promotions--if indeed one does--will the face of tomorrow's Soviet leadership become clearer...
Western Europe's unions are, of course, a long way from extinction. The spirit of solidarity still burns brightly in the hearts and imaginations of many Europeans, decades after unions first began to stand up for the working man and woman. But labor's problems--chronic unemployment, dwindling membership, the shifting nature of work, waning public support--are immense. If the failure of the British coal miners' strike holds a lesson for European labor, it may be this: the future of unionized workers is inextricably bound up with the health of the companies and industries in which they work. Unions...