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Like mushrooms after a spring rain, nuclear plants in recent years have sprouted all over the globe. The reason is clear: as the price of oil becomes ruinously expensive, and oil's availability more uncertain, most nations must take steps to acquire alternate sources of energy. But the spread of this potent technology has also led several countries to try to acquire nuclear weapons on their own. Persuading them not to do this has become a desperate diplomatic crusade of the Carter Administration. Washington's opposition to expanding the nuclear club is often at odds with other vital...
Richard D. Bernstein '81-1, an assembly delegate from Mather House who says he is neither a partisan of the CDU nor one of its opponents, said yesterday he believes Pfeffer has the support of 90 per cent of the assembly, "not only in her recent decision, but in everything she has done this semester...
...sits in his office overlooking the Yard, the librarian laments that he's never gotten to know many undergraduates. Yet even if Bryant can't recognize students by name or by face, he's done as much for them as anyone else in Harvard's recent history. Every student who uses the library system while at school--and that, of course, means every student--is touched by the accomplishments of this man who sits among the bookcases and memorabilia of 30 years of Harvard...
Wilson, who has conducted recent studies on the health effects of different energy sources, said yesterday his knowledge of the medical data concerning the effect of radiation justifies his appointment...
...atmosphere of fear and distrust. These feelings are aimed especially at the police, who have responded to the violence against black women with much less enthusiasm than they have to similar crimes against life and property involving whites. The media has been no help either; until the most recent murders press coverage has often slighted or distorted the facts...