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...carries considerable risk of mutual misundemanding. Both sides have already made significant miscalculations-astonishing, given all the available expertise. The Russians failed to understand the importance of Carter's human rights appeal as a means to rally domestic support. The Russians actually think that Carter is under strong popular pressure at home to conclude agreements with Moscow. In fact, Americans generally -and most members of Congress-like Carter's firmness and would endorse an even tougher stand. Moscow is believed to be gambling that a new President will shrink from confrontation if only the Russians seem menacing enough...
Shattered Pride. Meanwhile, the army was assigned the unpleasant task of maintaining the peace. The soldiers, whose pride had been shattered by the 1971 defeat, once again found themselves taunted and reviled by demonstrators for supporting an unpopular government. "Zia, Zia, be-hiya [Zia, Zia, shameless]!" became a popular slogan against the army leader. Four brigadiers and several dozen field-grade officers in Lahore resigned rather than follow orders to fire on unruly mobs...
...week's end, Zia emphasized that the former Prime Minister was free to participate. In fact, added Zia, "I hope he will come back and stand for election." Whether the brilliant, mercurial Bhutto will decide to do so, however, is not yet clear. He is still popular with much of the peasantry, and he may well emerge from detention to rally his supporters, perhaps denouncing the army for its intervention (and even for the country's growing economic troubles). On the other hand, if he senses defeat, he may stay out of the campaign and watch the opposition...
Last year, for example, the P.L.O., its frequently insubordinate members and other guerrilla groups like the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, who prefer to remain out of the P.L.O. umbrella, took in an estimated $90 million. The bulk of the money -about $70 million-came from Arab governments either in the form of individual donations or as part of the $29 million a year provided jointly by the 20 governments of the Arab League. In addition, the 300,000 or so Palestinians working in the oil states regularly have 5% of their pay withheld by host governments; this...
Although total Summer School enrollment increased by almost 200 students to a total of 2700 students this year--the first increase in five years--the percentage of Harvard students taking summer courses dropped from one-fifth to one-sixth of the student body. TEN MOST POPULAR COURSES CHEMISTRY S-1 137 CHEMISTRY S-20 135 EXPOSITORY WRITING 131 UKRAINIAN HISTORY S-1544 129 ENGLISH S-D1 102 UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE S-B 92 CELL BIOLOGY S-123 5 BIO-CHEM S-100 76 BIOLOGY S-1B 68 ECONOMICS...