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...curious parallel, during his Japan visit last October, Teng insisted on visiting disgraced former Premier Kakuei Tanaka. architect of Japan's 1972 normalization of relations with China. Tanaka had resigned from office in 1974 under pressure for allegedly having taken $2 million in bribes...
Perhaps the greatest single fear of U.S. strategists is that the troubles in Iran could have a direct effect on Saudi Arabia. The rulers in Riyadh place a high priority on both Arab solidarity and socioeconomic stability in the region, and thus their interests tend to parallel those of the U.S. Saudi leaders have worked actively to counter Soviet influence in northeast Africa and the Middle East-notably by helping keep Egypt afloat financially, by offering aid to Somalia's regime after it broke with Moscow, and by giving moderate counsel at Arab summits...
Ironically, the series' most visible characters, Shatner and Nimoy, have succeeded at maintaining parallel careers. Shatner stays active in summer stock and makes $5,000 plus for an appearance at a Star Trek convention. Leonard Nimoy, who can currently be seen as the sinister psychologist in Invasion of the Body Snatchers, will soon take to the road with Vincent, a one-man show based on the life of Van Gogh. Both actors are puzzled by the Star Trek phenomenon. "Frankly, I can't get a grip on what has happened," says Shatner...
...Student-Faculty-Administration Relations, and The Role of the University in Social and Political Problems. The eight committees will discuss the role, nature and extent of student opinion and input into administration policy and decisions in each of these areas. But these conference committees have spurred the formation of parallel committees at Harvard. These committees are the perfect opportunity for interested students to find each other and begin working; membership on each of the committees is always open to any Harvard-Radcliffe undergraduate...
...equality and realism, in contrast to the "estrangement, misunderstanding and confrontation" which have characterized so much of America's previous dealings with the Asian power. He later added that our ideological differences cannot be bridged by sentiment alone. Rather, "what has brought us together is an awareness of our parallel interests in creating a world of economic progress, stability and peace." He too then proposed a toast and the formalities ended...