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Western observers remain puzzled as to what Khomeini really means when he talks about turning Iran into an "Islamic republic." But in a number of interviews he has asserted that he supports a parliamentary democracy for Iran. First would come the creation of a Khomeini-named revolutionary council, which would appoint a caretaker government, call national elections for a new constituent assembly, and then hold a public referendum on a new constitution. Although Islamic law would presumably become part of the legal system, the Ayatullah's aides have said that religious strictures would not be applied as rigidly...
Officials at DOE remain publicly confident that a supply crunch can be avoided this year, but privately they are not so sure. Says one Schlesinger aide: "We're walking a fine line. We want the public to be aware that we are facing a potentially serious situation so that people will conserve oil, but we don't want to scare them...
Major problems remain. A first is cost: the alarm sells for $1,500; parent training sessions, social worker home visits and a 24-hour hospital team of doctor, nurse and alarm repairman can bring the final tab to a daunting $4,000. Moreover, many apnea-prone babies die from a first attack, before parents are aware of the need for medical help. Most discouraging, apnea is almost certainly not the sole cause of SIDS (one Boston specialist puts the incidence rate at anywhere from 5% to 90% of all SIDS cases), so the alarm can only be a stopgap measure...
...theologians, the interchange between physics and metaphysics will inevitably enlarge their ideas and give them a more complex grounding in the physically observed universe. The theory of the Big Bang is surely not the last idea of creation that will be conceived; it does suggest that there remain immense territories of mystery that both the theologian and the scientist should approach with becoming...
...cagers will remain in the friendly confines of the IAB this weekend with contests against Bridgewater St., Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Boston College Saturday at 2 p.m. The Crimson will take its act on the road Tuesday, February 6 for a game at Connecticut College before the squad journeys to New Haven, Ct., for the Ivy League tournament February...