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...least not immediately. Decisions within the ruling elite will continue to be made collectively; in the short term, no one man will be able to change the broad outlines of a foreign policy that predates Andropov's accession. Instead, during a time of transition, Moscow will no doubt opt for what is familiar. Explains a British diplomat: "When there is uncertainty in Moscow, the instinctive reaction is one of continuity in policies and actions, with a somewhat harder interpretation of these policies until the new leadership has time to consolidate its position." The Kremlin has little to gain in making...
Rapists Brown, Vaughn and Braxton are likely to wind up with the years of confinement even if they opt for the surgery, which is known "as a bilateral orchidectomy. The last time emasculation was seriously discussed in the U.S. as an alternative to prison was in 1975, when two child molesters told a San Diego judge that they would submit to castration in return for probation. The judge was willing, but it was impossible to find a doctor in California who would do the operation. Surgeons demurred then-as they probably would today-for fear their patients might change their...
Since it will be the first time that Wesleyan will opt for the system of pre-registration, officials said that the experimental nature of the project fueled doubts about implementing it prematurely...
...admirable trait perhaps unique to Harvard: the confidence in the institution itself to allow unscreened public displays, and trust in the undergraduates to make them. Harvard's image is strong enough that one student group's tasteless jokes will not tarnish it. The percentage of students admitted who do opt to come to Harvard, each year about 75 percent, is always the highest in the nation, and the admissions office is hardly at the point where a frank discussion of the school's rough spots will turn away prospectives in droves. It might not even be in the best interests...
...WASHINGTON, D.C. conference was trying to activate the large number of non-voting American adults, a larger proportion of the population than in almost any other Western democracy. Though sincere and diligent in their efforts, they failed. To be sure, there are structural reasons why millions of Americans opt not to help choose the leaders who will tax them, spend their money and draft their laws. Perhaps the checklist embraced by the symposium would boost participation by as much as 9 percent, as claimed. But the voters gained would be those with the incredibly short attention span, the citizens only...