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...summit, Gorbachev is hoping that by cutting his losses in Afghanistan, he will win friends and influence governments around the globe. If he can allay concerns about Soviet intentions from the Pacific to the Caribbean, Gorbachev may persuade a mistrustful world to lower its guard and permit more maneuvering room for Soviet diplomacy. To that end, he wants to restore the atmosphere of detente that the invasion of Afghanistan did so much to destroy nearly a decade...
...reluctance stemmed in part from a conviction that reforms not drastically different from those proposed by the regime are necessary for the rescue of Poland's devastated economy. Walesa believes that such a program must be carried out with far broader popular consultation than $ Jaruzelski is willing to permit. Walesa also felt that the shipyard was not adequately prepared for a strike. But as others' positions hardened, so did Walesa's. He soon seemed to be pushing the Jaruzelski regime toward a showdown...
...fraternities and sororities are not formally recognized by the University, because Harvard does not permit student groups to be affiliated with national organizations. Nonetheless, the Black frats and sororities rotate their activities among the Harvard, Tufts and MIT campuses, in part because they do not have fraternity houses...
...clause in the Cambridge City Ordinance which states that a musician wanting to use amplification must first obtain permission from the DTP. Since the DTP stubbornly (and I mean with hostility) refuses to grant such permission, a street musician using amplification along Brattle Street risks harrassment, arrest, fines and permit revocation. [In my case, the Cambridge Police have repeatedly shut me down and threatened me with arrest when I've attempted to perform on the traffic island between Brattle and Mt. Auburn Streets, near the Wordsworth bookstore...
...what better way would there be to improve understanding between the United States and the Soviet Union than to permit free and direct contact between our two peoples? In the new spirit of openness, why doesn't the Soviet government issue passports to its citizens? I think this would dramatically improve U.S.-Soviet relations...