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Heath's blast was echoed by 13 fresh men Tory M.P.s who are known as the "Blue Chips" because of their predominantly aristocratic backgrounds. They distributed a pamphlet titled Changing Gear: What the Government Should Do Next, in which they called for a watering down of Thatcher's monetarism. Far more ominous for the Prime Minister was the lineup of Establishment Tories who are now decrying her economic policies and lack of compassion. Calling monetarism "the uncontrollable in pursuit of the indefinable," Sir Ian Gilmour, who was Deputy Foreign Secretary until Thatcher purged her Cabinet of dissidents last...
...decided to confront this New Right adversary from his new seat on the sidelines. In addition to his plans to taking it easy, McGovern has a political project as well--a new citizen action committee called "Americans for Common Sense" (ACS). The title, drawn from Thomas Paine's famous pamphlet, reflects the committee's objective: to inject "common sense" into the current political debate, which McGovern believes is dominated by the irrational messages of the New Right. ACS will act both as an information clearinghouse on New Right groups and as an organizing committee in support of progressive causes...
Harvard's Women's Studies program, which currently consists of a listing of courses offered in other departments is inadequate, according to a Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) pamphlet distributed this week. The field "remains unrecognized by the various departments," the pamphlet says. Elizabeth A. Einaudi '83, president of RUS and co-author of the pamphlet, said this week the lack of recognition results from the University's "long-standing bias against Women's Studies." But Judith A. Kates, coordinator of the committee on Women's Studies, said this week that bias isn't the problem. "There just hasn...
...come from as far away as Seattle, Wash., and as close as Winthrop. Councilor David Wylie, who, along with councilor Saundra Graham, originally proposed the unconventional brochure, said Monday that a number of cities, including Baltimore, Maryland, Sacramento, California, and Madison Wisc., have expressed interest in using Cambridge's pamphlet as a model for their own civil defense efforts...
...city has spent less than $6000 on the pamphlet so far, but last week the Cambridge-based Council for a Livable World, a group which advocates disarmament, contributed $1000 to defray the printing costs. Wylie said that many of the out-of-state requests for copies have been accompanied by donations...