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John F. Baughman's article "Bok Committee Reviews Work on Athletics" (May 8) may mislead some readers...
...Nicaragua, Reagan requested that the then-Argentina military junta and train anti-Sandinista guerilla to attack from bases in Honderas. The Argentines agreed. But when the country tried to claim the Falkland Islands, America not only dropped its pawn like a hot potato, but supported Britain in the war. Mislead by Reagan, and by their own political naivete, Argentine leaders believed themselves wholeheartedly supported by the United States, an assumption which proved wholeheartedly wrong...
...same time, the islands of Micronesia, once a string of paradises in the Pacific, have learned first hand the workings of U.S. democracy at its worst. Says Keju, "We believed in the altruism of the situation and found later we were being mislead. We have found that freedom isn't free. You've got to pay the price. But you have to remember, the Marshallese have no word for enemy...
Such "graduates" frequently mislead employers to get raises. But many buyers are simply naive, believing that a mail-order diploma can certify what has been learned on the job. A night security guard in Temple, Texas, says he bought a B.A. in law enforcement from Southwestern University in Tucson for $500 in 1982 because he "wanted something to hang on my wall and feel proud about." Ultimately, he became suspicious about his purchase: the transcript showed good grades for unrelated "courses," including an A in trigonometry. The Arizona house of representatives has passed legislation (awaiting state-senate passage this spring...
...river, flooded by storms that are too far away to be seen, changes its course, and you are left in a desert, all alone. These irrational changes, of course, produced by a political vengefulness that is alien to American life, are a great danger. They confuse our friends, mislead our adversaries and confound our own plans for a more manageable world...