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...onboard stash: one-tenth of an ounce of marijuana. Because only the captain and crew were on board at the time of the raid, it was not even apparent that the grass had been used by the yacht's owner. Though about 20 boats have been seized since mid-April, this incident led to loud public groaning from civil libertarians, who saw a mismatch between the punishment and the presumed crime. Eventually the Government relented. The yacht was returned after the owner paid $1,600 in fines and fees. But officials were satisfied that they had sent a message: Mere...
...colleagues shared sentiments that any help we could organize, we gladly would," said Olmsted, who was in the Soivet Union at the time to discuss exisiting exchange programs between Harvard and libraries in that country. The subcommittee will be meeting in mid-April to discuss possible actions, among them sending volunteers to Leningrad and initiating efforts in the United States to microfilm and collect replacement texts in the United States...
...punitive measures, scheduled to go into effect in mid-April, do not amount to much in comparison with the totality of U.S.-Japan trade, which reached $112 billion last year. But they are the harshest trade sanctions that the U.S. has slapped on Japan since the end of World War II, and their imposition could well herald further bitter actions on both sides. "We do this more in sorrow than in anger," said Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige. Despite the obvious risks of such an abrupt change in the rules of engagement, the Administration's toughness earned bipartisan applause. Said Democratic...
...Kampelman, the chief American negotiator, flew off to Brussels to brief NATO allies before continuing on to Washington to confer with President Reagan. At week's end Reagan announced that "to maintain the momentum" generated in Geneva, Secretary of State George Shultz would fly to Moscow in mid-April to confer with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze...
...microcomputer committee, which is made up of eight B--School faculty members, is currently looking into new computers with "exciting new technologies that will do the job and more," McFarlan said. The committee is expected to hand down a decision in mid-April in order to have the new computers available for next year's incoming class...