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...taught at Harvard since the mid-1950s, said yesterday at the celebration that his main goals at the University have been to "deprovincialize education and to teach teachers how to teach." He added he attempted to create an atmosphere of heterogeneity by selecting section leaders for his courses from "non-American" backgrounds...
...order highlighted a recent trend: U.S. lines are continuing to buy American-made planes, while some big non-American carriers are starting to switch to the Airbus. Historically, Air France and Lufthansa bought Boeing but, although they continue to acquire 747s, neither line has ordered any of the new mid-range Boeings since the Airbus A310 was introduced. Among the reasons: Airbus is more fuel efficient than the 767 for trips under 500 miles and better suited to shorter European distances. Except for the planes that it sold to Eastern two years ago, Airbus has yet to crack...
...Kennedy and Nixon understandings with the Soviet Union did not resolve a more general problem. Many Americans, believing devoutly in the Monroe Doctrine's repudiation of non-American military bases in the Western Hemisphere, have never accepted the idea of the Soviet Union having any military role in Cuba whatsoever. But the Monroe Doctrine's applicability today is essentially symbolic...
...also benefited from a fundamental change in world aircraft-sales patterns. U.S. airlines, which not long ago accounted for two-thirds of all airliner purchases, now make up only one-half of the market. European and Third World lines are growing fast, and they seem more inclined to fly non-American jets than U.S. carriers do. The Airbus consortium aims to sell at least 25% of the 3,000 or so short-and medium-haul jets that will be needed by the early 1990s...
...squeeze is particularly severe for American construction and engineering firms in the Middle East, where living costs are exorbitant. Some are replacing American managers and construction workers with recruits from Europe, Canada and Japan. Explains an Aramco official in Saudi Arabia: "Under the new law you can get two Britons for what one American would cost." Businessmen worry that U.S. exports will suffer because non-American supervisors will tend to order equipment from their own countries, where they know what is available, instead of from...