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...help also by adopting what Indiana University Political Scientist Kevin Middlebrook describes as an "open and flexible" attitude toward Mexico. Economist Clark Reynolds of Stanford University warns that Washington should avoid closing the U.S. border to Mexican immigrants in such a way as to spark social conflict within Mexico. The U.S., most experts agree, must also reject any protectionist demands that would put additional pressure on Mexican exporters. Perhaps most counterproductive would be any attempt to seize upon Mexico's troubles as an opportunity to exercise more leverage and, for example, demand preferential oil prices. Says Carlos Rico...
...supplies from Canada or Mexico. Canada is itself increasingly dependent on Persian Gulf oil, and Mexico's energy resources remain largely untapped. Her leaders seem unwilling to dole out oil to the superpower to the north, whose reputation in Mexico for ruthless imperialism lingers still. As contributor Kevin J. Middlebrook '72 notes, "The high political sensitivity of this issue would make it difficult for Mexico to sustain any long-term commitment." So until widespread use of synthetic fuels becomes a reality-unlikely until after the year 2000-the U.S. can only pray that its Persian Gulf sources remain unimpeded...
...winners of the Henry Russell Shaw Fellowships are: Kevin Middlebrook '72 of Currier House and Cresco, Iowa; Michael Robinson '71-4 of Lowell House and Chicago; Peter Sutton '72 of Eliot House and Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.; and 'Nils Vigeland '72 of Quincy House and Buffale...
Meanwhile, everybody is looking for a bargain. Moderately priced clothing, much of it imported from Taiwan or Spain, has become a major source of sales, particularly in wash-and-wear materials, which eliminate soaring costs of professional laundering and dry cleaning. "But," says Doug Middlebrook, a salesman at Mr. Guy, a Beverly Hills men's shop, "these days customers always ask the price before deciding...
...Middlebrook outlined a three-fold plan of action...