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...Research by the finance committee revealed that the speaker was no longer living," Eisai said. "They decided to reject the grant on that basis." Eisai promises that this year's grants committee will scrutinize requests for funding with equal vigor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Reporter's Notebook | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

Pennypacker roommate Edward P. Kohn '90 says that his mother had read an article about Drew before he even came to Harvard. "I thought the guy would be a social reject. I was prepared for the worst," Kohn says, adding Drew quickly proved him wrong...

Author: By Mei LIN Kwan-gett, | Title: From Breeding Goats to Taking Notes | 10/30/1986 | See Source »

...entire legal system rests on the idea that individual rights are paramount. Every person is presumed innocent until proven guilty and every individual is treated as precisely that--an individual, not a member of a group. To deny this truth is to reject the fundamental democratic principle that the law was created to treat people equally...

Author: By Joshua H. Henkin, | Title: White Man's Jewelry | 10/30/1986 | See Source »

...almost every measure, Ronald Reagan emerged from Reykjavik a winner. Among Americans who kept abreast of the summit, two out of three support Reagan's decision to reject the Soviet offer. Most blame Mikhail Gorbachev for the failure to reach agreement, and an overwhelming majority believes the President is more committed to arms control than is the Soviet leader. Most agree with Reagan that SDI should be developed. Apparently, most do not see SDI as a stumbling block to future negotiations; a majority is optimistic that Reagan and Gorbachev will eventually sign a pact. Significantly, confidence in Reagan's ability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Assessing the Summit | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

...President had no choice but to reject this demand, which would have killed SDI. Said Reagan at a Baltimore rally for Republican Senatorial Candidate Linda Chavez: "SDI is America's insurance policy that the Soviets will begin living up to the arms control agreements that they've agreed to. SDI is one of the chief reasons the Soviets went to the summit and one of the primary reasons they'll come back again. SDI is the key to a world free of nuclear blackmail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forward Spin | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

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