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Political harmony has proven itself to be a transient international mood. As long as there are reasons for the United States and Soviet Union to conflict--uncontrolled passions in the Middle East and Latin America, the occupation of Afghanistan, Soviet violations of human rights--there will be reasons to rebuild weapons, reasons to deploy weapons, and reasons to use weapons. Arms control is not a solution to these problems...
...time I took Expos, everyone knew the grading policy of the section leaders. Bomb the first paper and let the paupers work their way up to a respectable grade. This policy was meant to break down your bad habits and allow you gradually to rebuild your skills. Confidence was assumed to follow. If you did all the assignments--even it you still hadn't completed a sentence--you were almost guaranteed a B or better...
...between universities and government which would entail more financial assistance for higher education and closer university ties to Washington to solve national problems. Last month it was revealed that Bok and other university heads will release a report to presidential candidates of both parties proposing they work together to rebuild American competitiveness, foster equal opportunity, improve the quality of life, and strengthen "ethical rules of conduct" in society...
Dennis Jarrett, technical analyst for Kidder, Peabody & Co., agreed: "The probability of a straight upward movement from where we were on Monday is very, very low. We normally have a bounce, but we have to go back and rebuild...
Ironically, that may necessitate a partial reversal of the Deng reforms. Small plots will have to be recombined into larger collective farms. The trick will be to rebuild communal farms without destroying the new incentives that have made individual farmers so productive. Specifically, the incomes that farmers make will have to rise with the level of production. Only by maintaining its delicate new balance between Communism and capitalism can China hope to feed its next billion people...