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...poll for TIME by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman, 45% of the respondents thought Gorbachev was primarily to blame for the failure to reach agreement at the Iceland summit, while only 14% said Reagan was mainly at fault. A thumping 69% said the President was right in refusing to restrict Star Wars as the price for a deal that would reduce nuclear arms. Day-to-day surveys taken for the White House by Richard Wirthlin showed Reagan's general approval rating jumping sharply from 64% just before the summit to 73% by last Tuesday night...
...issues that the CTU will face are a proposal by City Councilor William H. Walsh that would phase out much of rent control and proposed rent increases on Class D properties--those units which the Cambridge Rent Control Board does not restrict tightly because of a lack of information about them...
This is the perspective that lies behind Proposition 1. Supporters of this constitutional amendment don't want to just cut off public funding for abortion--after all, that would only restrict freedom of choice for poor women. They want to cut off everyone's access to abortion. Why? Because Pakaluk and the rest of the anti-choice lobby are profoundly uncomfortable with pluralism and personal freedom; the ability of women to control their own reproductive lives scares them; and sex, birth control and abortion offend their religious sensibilities. They therefore call for sweeping governmental intervention into the private lives...
...Metropolitan District Commission is goingto try to restrict drinking," Lynch said. "Theywill confiscate any liquor consumed on theirproperty...
Smokers also complain that there is no smokingarea in the cafeteria. In this respect, theK-School's policy is stricter than a CambridgeCity Council anti-smoking proposal currently underreview. The City's rule would restrict smoking inall public places except restaurants and thosework areas at which both employers and employeeshave agreed to permit...