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...justified in its decision to fund the lesbian organization. The lesbians are apparently planning to use the money to pay speakers, fund a poetry reading, and hire a film about lesbian mothers. These events could conceivably reach a wider Radcliffe audience than just the gay group alone. That by itself would make the grant proper, although plans to use the money for purely social, internal purposes would not warrant the funding. Besides the immediate uses of the money, however, the decision was correct because the group does represent a group of Radcliffe women with special interests, just as an organization...
Although the roots of terrorism reach back to ancient times, violence for political ends was not systematically used until the middle of the last century. Then it became a favorite weapon of radical nationalists; the Irish used terror against the English, and the Armenians and Macedonians against the Turks. Perhaps the most notorious and brazen of the 19th century's terrorists were Russia's Narodnaya Volya, ruthless bands of nihilists who lobbed bombs at the Czar's officials...
Oscar X Ray headed for Aden in pursuit, but it too was refused permission to land. Bonn advised Wischnewski to try to buy his way in: "Reach the Southern Yemen authorities. If landing permission given, clarify that negotiations will include development plans for Southern Yemen. Major development plans and funds for Yemen. Did you understand?" Southern Yemen still refused, and Wischnewski flew on to Jidda in Saudi Arabia. Before landing he received another urgent message from Schmidt: "The minister [Wischnewski] has a free hand in all the negotiations with all countries. Is that clear?" This may have been a coded...
Meanwhile, the German 707 with the second contingent of G.S.G. 9 men aboard took off from Crete. "This is Uniform Bravo, airborne over Egyptian territory," the captain told Frankfurt. "Got clearance to fly southward." Frankfurt replied: "Urgent that you reach Mogadishu airport as soon as possible. Rush your flight plan to Somalia. Do not waste time." A short time later, Frankfurt reversed itself and asked Uniform Bravo to slow down and see if it could land at Djibouti for a while. Uniform Bravo then reported that Djibouti was "asking too many questions we cannot answer," so Frankfurt ordered: "Keep holding...
...high Administration councils. Says General Electric Chairman Reginald Jones: "Bert Lance was one who was quite close to the President, never failed to return a call that was made to him, never failed to grant us an interview, and always was a conduit through which our thinking could reach the President...