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Even today, Mexicans remain puzzled as to why Echeverria chose Lopez Portillo as his successor. Although the two had been friends since their student days at the National University, they had little in common. Echeverria was a politician to his ringer tips, and something of a political demagogue. Lopez Portillo was an unknown technocrat and law professor who had never run for public office. The outgoing President was almost strident in his efforts to establish Mexico as a leader of the Third World. His successor appeared to be a dedicated academic, most comfortable when studying archaeology or writing a novelette...
Both sides remain at loggerheads on the meaning of autonomy. The Israelis see self-rule for the inhabitants of the West Bank and Gaza as limited to local administrative matters. The Egyptians want the Palestinians to have broad judicial, executive and territorial rights. The final communique lamely predicted "an eventual agreement" and reiterated the hope that the West Bank Palestinians might soon join the autonomy talks...
...closed the site after a spot check revealed that three of nine trucks carrying waste into her state were violating safety procedures. The site, she said, would remain closed until officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Department of Transportation--the agencies charged with hazardous materials transportation-strengthened their protective measures...
Wiesner, the current president, said he plans to remain at MIT, devoting himself to teaching and research...
...site will remain closed until Ray feels that the NRC "meets up with its responsibilities," Terrence R. Strong, director of the radiation and occupational health section in Washington's department of social and health services, said last night...