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...brutal re-emergence of the Red Army Faction shook West German authorities out of the complacent belief that the nation's leftist terrorism had largely been brought under control. From a peak of 150 hard-core members four years ago, the Red Army Faction has dwindled to about 30 as a result of arrests, deaths in clashes with police and desertions from the cause. Despite their limited numbers, say West German officials, the terrorists want to exploit the wave of protest against the NATO decision to deploy U.S. medium-range nuclear missiles in Western Europe...
...weeks earlier, in marked contrast, Yale President A. Bartlett Giamatti welcomed his new students with a speech denouncing the Moral Majority as a threat to pluralism. Though his target was safe--it is easy to blast Jerry Falwell six months after his peak--the press coverage of Giamatti's address was a reminder of the power of the name of Yale, and presumably, therefore, the name of Harvard. It was refreshing for once to see the power of that name put to such use, but it was even more refreshing to see the president of a prestigious university speaking...
...third measure to increase security this year, Harvard's Police Department, which had as many as 74 personnel at its peak ten years ago, will be increased from 60 to 64 employees this fall. Four new officers, currently in training at Topsfield Police Academy, are scheduled to join the force in mid-October. This additional manpower, Chafin says, will allow the department to place a uniformed street patrolman in the area of the River Houses every night...
Dangerfield just about hit the peak of his recent renaissance in the comedy world, and he might be looking to get out while he's on top. Imagine him in the clubhouse, trying to prepare his men for a game against the best pitcher in the league...
...three-month hiatus in 1980 produced a refreshed and refocused champion: "I just realized that I could change my priorities and not worry about winning, not worry about how Tracy Austin or Martina was playing. I could simply try to master my own game and try to reach my peak. Not once did I say to myself, I've got to come back.' At 21 I needed it. But I'm not obsessed with it now as I was then, when it was the only constant in my life...