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...University officials recognized the power of their claims. University Hall eventually began to make concessions to try to quell the storm. In the spring of 1986, as shanties stood in the Yard and hundreds of students flocked to meetings of the South African Solidarity Committee (SASC), Harvard dumped nearly half of its South African holdings...
...world trade? What might Ronald Reagan do to calm the markets? Could a President who was so weakened by the Iran-contra affair and the impending defeat on the Bork nomination, and who was distracted by war in the Persian Gulf and his wife's cancer operation, possibly quell the financial turmoil? Did he even understand that he faced a first-class crisis of confidence in his leadership...
Despite all the tawdry details, the report may help Toshiba quell anger in Washington, since the probe concludes that the subterfuge was confined to the company's machine-tool subsidiary. Congress is considering several proposals that would impose sanctions, the most severe of which would ban Toshiba's exports to the U.S. for as long as five years (potential annual loss: $2.8 billion). Other companies may soon join Toshiba in the spotlight, for the increasingly vigilant Japanese government is said to be investigating some 20 firms it suspects of violating the country's technology-export laws...
...crisis began last month, when the government, defying Haiti's three- month-old constitution, took control of the electoral process. Although Namphy reversed his action, the response did not quell public furor. The general has only made matters worse by retreating into silence. Says a Haitian historian: "Unless Namphy comes to his senses and opens a dialogue, there could be a bloodbath." Now it is up to Namphy to decide whether he will lead Haitians to the polls -- or to civil...
...government official put it. But he also faces some problems. For one thing, the ex-general will be leading a party that has become widely unpopular for its close association with the military. For another, he is still identified as one of the commanders who ordered the military to quell the 1980 uprising in Kwangju that resulted in at least 180 deaths. For all this, however, Roh seems convinced that his best chance is to run as the man who put aside partisanship and found a way out of a national political crisis. "He never would have announced this thing...