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...campaign to extend the VRAs when they expire next fall, but steel buyers like Caterpillar complain that prolonging the VRAs will boost costs. According to industry analyst Peter Marcus of PaineWebber, steel prices have risen 6% since early 1988, to $509 a $ ton, although after adjustment for inflation, they remain $40 less than five years ago. Critics are also concerned that a new set of VRAs will bring back Big Steel's complacency...
Much would still remain to be done, notably resolving the dispute between Japan and the Soviet Union over several small islands in the Kurile chain, what the Japanese call the Northern Territories, which have been controlled by the U.S.S.R. since World War II. The Soviets should also open their far east much more fully to foreign trade and visitors, and operate their own Pacific fleet in a way that does not raise concern over Soviet objectives...
After a listless first half, the Crimson exploded for a 12-0 early second-half run and held on for an 83-81 victory over Yale last night at Briggs Cage to remain in contention for the Ivy League title. Harvard (8-10 overall, 4-3 Ivy) remains one-and-one-half games behind league-leader Princeton (5-1 Ivy). Yale is also 4-3 in the league...
...refused to participate in the random lottery. Eliot and Adams suffer from the strongest stereotypes, and if the University wanted to ensure diversity in the house system, all of the houses must be required to participate. So the relatively diverse houses become more diverse, and the less diverse houses remain as they are. That some houses will not participate indicates that it is not just an issue of choice against diversity, for Harvard wants to preserve house sovereignty and encourage house diversity at the expense of student choice. And somehow this new system soothes Harvard's conscience. Jed David Kolko...
...while the School Committee continues to remain an elective body, the mayor is considering placing a referendum on the ballot next November that would change the current system. Until then, however, the mayor and his advisers continue to use the dispute about the desegregation plan to highlight their objections to the current School Committee...