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Taking a stand on issues opens The Crimson to charges of being self-righteous and self-important. Taking a stand on a cartoon strip prompted outright abuse. But the fact of the matter is that most of us are simply trying to learn some skills, publish six papers and a magazine every week, and enjoy ourselves at the same time. In that, we are no different than the campus' athletes, musicians, actors, politicians and community service volunteers. Obviously, we want everyone to read The Crimson and we value constructive criticism. But we don't force anyone to buy the paper...
...Soviet Union can acquire such items of American high technology through industrial espionage, outright theft, or by purchasing them secondhand from companies in nations that are either allied with the U.S. or neutral and that got them from U.S. firms. The problem for the U.S., says Lionel Olmer, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, is "finding a way of assuring our national security with minimal damage to the American business community...
...clear decision should be made on whether a weapon is necessary and effective before production begins. Those that appear too costly should be killed outright; the others should be bought at optimal rates. Budget limitations require that the Pentagon and Congress set priorities among weapons rather than deferring production schedules. The missions that the weapons must perform should be clearly defined and dictated by real needs rather than an infatuation with advanced technology. Whether a weapon can be afforded in adequate numbers should be a more important concern than whether it is state-of-the-art; all the latest bells...
...suit stops short of accusing Crandall of outright price fixing, a violation of federal antitrust law punishable by fine and imprisonment. The most notorious such case occurred in 1961 and involved General Electric, Westinghouse and many others. The companies and their key executives paid a total of almost $2 million in fines; 30 executives, charged as criminals, faced sentencing, and seven actually went to jail...
...member executive committee hammered out its positions in private. The organization's leaders agreed first of all that a show of unity was absolutely essential for the P.L.O.'s survival. Arafat then got his associates to agree that the Reagan initiative would not be rejected outright. Instead, the leaders condemned the plan as "insufficient to meet the whole aspirations of the Palestinian people." Arafat refused to give King Hussein a specific man date to negotiate on behalf of the P.L.O. In fact, TIME has learned that the P.L.O. will accept direct negotiations between the U.S. and Palestinian officials...