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Some of Nitze's longtime acquaintances see a pattern to what might seem like vindictive behavior. Says Ralph Earle, a lawyer who worked with Nitze in the Pentagon -- and against him during the battle over SALT II: "When he is an insider, he is part of the solution to the challenge of arms control; when he is an outsider, he is part of the problem -- an implacable obstructionist." Warnke argues that Nitze illustrates a corollary to Lord Acton's famous adage: "Power corrupts, but the loss of power corrupts absolutely." Nitze rejects and resents the charge: "On a number...
...Africa, Ethiopia has always been subject to ecological disaster. Droughts and famines were reported as early as 253 B.C. In the great drought of 1888, a third of the population is said to have died from malnourishment and disease. This latest calamity is part of a 30-year pattern that has seen the rains repeatedly fail along the Sahel, the wide swath of land that cuts Africa in half just below the Sahara. After the 1984-85 drought, which killed an estimated 2 million people in Africa, there was a brief period of uncommon optimism in Addis Ababa...
...Daily Pennsylvanianreported that the English department chairman has denied that sexism was involved in the decision not to tenure the two women, saying, "I challenge her to offer evidence of such a pattern of discrimination or to withdraw the statement...
This year, the same pattern is continuing, more or less...
...this pattern that has to end. A forum conducted by the Civil Liberties Union of Harvard last week brought together administrators, campus leaders and other students for one of the first constructive discussions of the state of free speech on campus. The forum revealed that students on both the left and right believe the University should take firm action. The administration's failure to define appropriate standards for protesting speeches, virtually everyone agreed, has contributed to an atmosphere of uncertainty in which some eminent speakers must wonder what kind of receptions they will receive...