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...going to Geneva with different arithmetic. According to U.S. calculations, which include nukes carried by Soviet-based aircraft, Moscow currently has not parity but a 6-to-1 advantage in medium-range weapons. Thus, Nitze will press vigorously for the Reagan proposal. Mindful of the Soviet Union's outright, not to say contemptuous, rejection of President Jimmy Carter's 1977 proposal for deep cuts in strategic arms, the Administration is determined to avoid what it considers to have been Carter's principal error. Unlike his predecessor, Reagan will not announce a fallback position in advance. Still...
Although Khaddam led the outcry against the Fahd plan at the meeting, he carefully avoided saying that Syria rejected the proposal outright. He made it clear that Assad's longstanding opposition to acceptance of Israel was more a matter of strategy. If the Arabs tacitly accepted Israel's existence, he argued, what incentive was there for Israel to return captured Arab lands or grant Palestinian self-determination? The Saudis' rebuttal was that a unified Arab position might have far-reaching effects on global public opinion, as it did in Rabat in 1974 when the leaders recognized...
...freshmen, for sheer geographical reasons, comprise the bulk of the late-night visitors. "Oh yeah, you can pick out freshmen," Higgins says, laughing outright. "They make no sense--they're right out of control, they're wingin' it. They'll buy anything. They buy more Entenmann's chocolate chip cookies than anyone could eat." The point, though, is debatable: "There are law school students who walk in here as goony as any freshman," insists Eric, a long-time employee...
...Oregon victory marked the last games for senior starters Ferrante and Ellen Jakovic, reserve Sarah Chubb and co-captain Dana Warren. For veteran booters Ferrante and Jakovic, this season caps successful careers which include three Ivy titles and two Eastern crowns (one shared, the other outright) in four years...
...bringing down inflation and interest rates. But whether the gains will be permanent or only temporary is subject to sharp dispute. In any case, they are coming at a price much higher than the Administration had expected the nation to pay. "None of us has predicted" an outright slump, Reagan confessed at his press conference last week. Now, however, Secretary of the Treasury Donald Regan says the current quarter "may be a real downer." Moreover, while some Administration forecasters had earlier predicted a recovery beginning shortly after New Year...