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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...priority. To some that may seem a good thing. But the Arab-Israeli conflict has a peculiar tenacity. If the results of the Gulf war were to radicalize the region, that would undermine the Arab moderates, reinforcing the stalemate in the Arab-Israeli arena and perhaps unravelling the progress already made...

Author: By Laurie A. Mylroie, | Title: Shifting Gears in Israel | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

...case, says Baltimore, "we are at a critical point in the progress of the epidemic" that requires an "intensive national effort" to keep AIDS from spreading further. The panel urged an all-out educational campaign to teach the populace through ads, and above all in schools, how to avoid the risk of infection. Sex education, said the panel, has become literally a life-and-death matter, and educators should use "whatever vernacular is required" to get the message across. One message, more or less in the vernacular, has already been supplied by Koop: a "rubber (condom) should always be used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Call to Battle | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

...only apparent glimmer of progress, Shevardnadze agreed to consider a proposal by Shultz that U.S. and Soviet experts meet when regular U.S.-Soviet arms control negotiations in Geneva are in recess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arms Control Talks Break Off Bitterly | 11/7/1986 | See Source »

...Centro Presente's clients has ever been deported. "So long as a refugee has a political asylum case in progress, they can't deport him. And when we lose, then we can appeal the case, and so long as the appeal is still in process, they have to let him stay," Gordon says. "We appeal all the cases. The appeals process is our only weapon--we are able to use the slow judicial process to buy time...

Author: By Jennifer L. Mnookin, | Title: Taking Refuge in Cambridge | 11/6/1986 | See Source »

...coaching his first year of Harvard volleyball after 10 years at Boston College--believes that the team's continuous progress will also increase its chances for doing well in the Ivy tourney...

Author: By Lori J. Lakin, | Title: Women Spikers Sweep | 11/5/1986 | See Source »

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