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Proponents of the affirmative action proposal argued that the new election procedure would increase diversity at the review and help to remedy the effects of past discrimination, Bruce N. Kuhlik, an editor of the review, said yesterday, adding that Law Review membership often helps members obtain an academic appointment. "Many Harvard Law faculty members were once on the review," he added...
...been feverishly negotiating an out-of-court settlement behind the scenes. The trial was suddenly suspended on its second day, after the lawyers announced that they had fashioned the outlines of a settlement. Federal Judge Harold Greene gave them until next week to iron out the details and obtain the approval of the Reagan Administration. No specifics have yet been announced, but industry analysts familiar with the case feel certain that the result will fall far short of the Government's original goal of dismantling the behemoth that controls some 80% of the U.S. telephone market...
...coffee, Carter was asked whether he had any regrets about allowing National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski to become too public a personality. The President defended Brzezinski and soon got quite worked up about the subject. Leaning forward in his chair, he declared that a President should be able to obtain whatever foreign policy advice he chooses. He noted that many of his foreign policy accomplishments sprang from Brzezinski's ideas. Carter recalled that when Cyrus Vance first went to China, there was no progress. "When Brzezinski went over," Carter said, "things began to move...
...risen to become Defense Minister. In a recent interview with TIME, Peres outlined his plan to deal with Israel's economic crisis. He said that his first priority would be to slash funds for settlements in the occupied Arab territories. Next he would try to obtain an agreement among labor, government and industry to freeze wages, salaries and taxes under a "social contract." He would reimpose tight currency controls and, in one of his most innovative programs, make it mandatory for all university students to combine half a day of study with half a day of work. Says Peres...
...Activating mechanisms to disrupt opposition efforts to obtain international support and legitimacy and to limit the impact of such efforts...