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...LIGHT AT THE CENTER: CONTEXT AND PRETEXT OF MODERN MYSTICISM by AGEHANANDA BHARATI 254 pages. Ross-Erikson...
...Godot, it cannot use its unique position to broker peace. Jerusalem is in no mood to negotiate now, with the Syrians trying to snap a leash in Lebanon on Israel's old enemies, the Palestinians. Initially, Jerusalem worried that Syria would use its involvement in Lebanon as a pretext to take over the country or to launch a surprise attack against Israel. But last spring, after Syria gave private assurances to the U.S. that its intervention in Lebanon was not aimed at Israel, Jerusalem relaxed and began to enjoy the situation. Israeli officials now quietly applaud Syrian President Hafez...
...Schaffer represents an escalation of its continuing assault on the campus labor movement. In an episode reminiscent of the Sherman Holcombe cauliflower controversy, the Harvard administration has again seized on a minor dispute--this time the question of where on the plate Alan Balsam should put hamburgers--as a pretext for purging the kitchen workers of their leaders and intimidating the rest of the local's membership. In addition to the suspensions, Harvard has docked all the workers who walked out in solidarity with Balsam two hours' pay and let fly a barrage of threats aimed at frightening workers into...
...Local 26, following an incident involving the serving of hamburgers. Balsam has long been active and outspoken in defending workers against the University's blatant anti-union policies. Thus it is not at all surprising that the University should seize the first available opportunity to remove him. The immediate pretext in this case was the hamburger dispute; the "hit man" was Buford Simpson, manager of the College Dining Halls...
...Delhi's pretext for the takeover was that the ousted government of Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi was guilty of "acts of maladministration, corruption and misuse of power for partisan ends." The more probable cause was the prospect of state elections. In Tamil Nadu's assembly, Karunanidhi's Dravidian Progress Party, a populist movement dedicated to social reform and greater state autonomy, held a commanding majority. The assembly's tenure was due to expire March 21, and Mrs. Gandhi did not want to extend its life. Apparently she feared that any election-state or national-during...