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...private, however, they were fairly obdurate-partly because of a split in the royal family over the Sadat peace initiative. The Foreign Minister, Prince Saud, was furious that the Egyptian President did not consult the Saudis before making his famous trip to Jerusalem in November, and opposes any overt show of support for Sadat now. On the other hand, Prince Abdullah, commander...
Admittedly, the twists and turns of the plot are thoroughly absorbing. When all the endless viciousness becomes tiresome, this is in fact the only quality which holds the play together. Deeper elements are hinted: all sorts of unnamed fears, complicated hatreds, distortions of familial roles... but for all the overt turbulence, the inner voices remain mute...
...Trivers' model, non-backscratchers (who refuse to play the game) and overt cheaters (who accept favors but never return them) are long-term losers in the evolutionary game. Yet subtle cheaters who pretend to cooperate but do not are winners. As a result, Trivers believes, humans survived by evolving a complex psychology and set of emotions to keep the altruist from being exploited by cheaters: indignation, guilt, gratitude, sympathy and moralism...
THROUGHOUT THE LONG District 65 controversy, University officials have maintained that they have only been following their logical legal options. This is true--Harvard is too sophisticated an institution to engage in overt union-busting. Yet by opposing the obvious wishes of the Med Area workers for a union of their own, by wasting countless thousands of dollars on high-powered legal talent for the sole purpose of stymieing a legitimate voice for its employees, and by failing to recognize that such opposition only further erodes its already severely tarnished public image, the University has displayed a stubborn unwillingness...
...seniority system was not necessarily illegal even if its effect was to favor white males over others in bidding for promotions, protection from layoffs and similar benefits of years on the job. Justice Potter Stewart, expressing the majority's opinion, wrote that "bona fide" seniority systems with no overt racial underpinnings are not unlawful, even though such systems may in practice have the impact of discriminating against certain workers. As for discrimination that occurred prior to passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the court ruled that "no person may be given retroactive seniority to a date earlier than...