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Emphasizing that America needs to protect its "precious shield" of freedom of the press, Eric Sevareid, consultant and Senior Broadcaster for CBS News, spoke before an audience of 200 last night at the Kennedy School of Government's Institute of Politics Forum...

Author: By Lawrence J. Davis, | Title: Sevareid Praises Free Press In Address to 200 at Forum | 4/12/1984 | See Source »

...have to start. Besides the territorial issues, which are very complicated from the point of view of King Hussein, there are many other common issues needing agreed-upon solutions. Many economic issues. We have the same resources of water. In this part of the world water is very precious, very important. We have a common issue in the Dead Sea, which is one of the greatest treasures of our country and of Jordan. We share problems of security. As you begin to discuss these questions and to find solutions, you get a better climate for solving the more thorny issues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with Yitzhak Shamir | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

Only after the last stop did I consider how each of the little parks spoke volumes about the organizations and the teams they housed for one precious spring month. Beautiful Dodger Stadium packed with great fans on a sunny afternoon--a great setting for a great team...

Author: By Nick Wurf, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Blue Dodgers, Trim Tigers and Dirty Sox | 4/5/1984 | See Source »

Those who want to censor pornography forget that if it were not for women, there would be precious little of it around. Feminists should picket the women who pose for the photographs and films, not the shops that sell the material...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 2, 1984 | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

...precious-metal coins have been slow movers. Officials at the Mint blame that mainly on weak marketing, and will try to boost sales next month by offering the coins through banks and thrift institutions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dividends: Cutting Up a Coin | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

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