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...little help from Cressida's uncle Pandarus (Nick Lawrence) only to discover that a Greco-Trojan conference committee has decided that Cressida must be turned over to enemy camp in exchange for a Trojan prisoner-of-war. Thus, the play ends with Troilus and Cressida cursing the Gods on Mount Olympus, Pandarus cursing himself for ever having gotten involved in such a mess, and the Greeks and Trojans cursing each other as the war picks up speed once again...
With the speed of a Tomahawk missile, the charges of improper billings against General Dynamics, the nation's largest defense contractor, continue to mount. Last week the Pentagon announced that a team of 20 auditors had determined that the company had overcharged the Government by $244 million during the past twelve years for "overhead" and administrative costs. The Pentagon has already withheld $120 million in payments and intends to demand the additional $124 million "to adequately protect the Government's interest." The new figures represent another disclosure in a spreading investigation that has turned up such charges to the Government...
...last week of electronic eavesdropping at the U.S. embassy in Moscow has again raised questions about the sites chosen for the new Soviet and American embassies being built in each country. After six years of negotiations ending in a 1969 agreement, the Soviets were provided with a location on Mount Alto in northwest Washington, D.C., one of the highest spots in the area, while the U.S. was left to build in low, marshy ground near the Moscow River...
...took place at Ollang, a hamlet three miles south of the tunnel and 34 miles north of Kabul, the capital, as Soviet and Afghan troops were unloading from a convoy to mount an antiguerrilla operation. According to the reports, a time bomb apparently placed in one of the vehicles by a mujahedin sympathizer exploded, starting a fire that engulfed several tanker trucks. In the ensuing confusion, resistance fighters attacked and reportedly killed some 400 Soviet and Afghan soldiers and destroyed 80 vehicles...
...Commission's deliberations. With one exception, none of the officials quoted have, to my knowledge, attended a Commission meeting, much less appeared on behalf of the University. I invite them to do so on April 4 when the Commission considers Harvard's application for a permit to demolish 10 Mount Auburn Street. Charles M. Sullivan Executive Director Cambridge Historical Commission