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Harvard educated, he is the chief author of Mexico's 20-year development plan and thus in a good position to ponder austerity measures. Well known and well liked by the U.S. embassy in Mexico City, he is considered unlikely to repeat Lopez Portillo's recent diplomatic wave making...
...When you ponder "What to Do About Israel," you miss a key point. Israel is one ally that wins with its own troops. In view of its record, why should Israel heed or need our advice? Or yours...
They find solace in the presence of others their age who have not yet tried marijuana-or listen spellbound to a youngster who claims he has. They display as much interest in girls as anyone else their age, and so they ponder the mysteries of love. A few wise guys have smuggled in copies of the latest Playboy, and these are assiduously examined under blankets by flashlight...
Begin did not. He meant the French-built Tammuz 1 nuclear reactor at El-Tuwaitha, 10½ miles southwest of Baghdad. Begin straightway launched into his real reason for calling the meeting: to ponder what Israel should do in the event that the attack taking place 515 miles away should fail. Half an hour later, after several options had been considered, a telephone call interrupted the Cabinet meeting. It was Israeli Defense Force Chief of Staff, Lieut. General Rafael Eitan. He tersely informed Begin that the attack had been a total success. For a further 70 minutes, the Cabinet considered...
Although Bok insists that he began to ponder the deeper implications of what has come to be known as "the Ptashne case" immediately after he got wind of it, he does say that the idea of going through with the deal "reached me with some momentum" and that "everyone was quite enthusiastic about it." Otto T. Solbrig, professor of Biology and a member of the Faculty Council, a group that considers issues of interest to the Faculty, is somewhat more blunt in his assessment: "They had not thought the issues through--they saw dollar signs and got excited...