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...said vaguely, they "will remain a part of the South African nation, are South African citizens, and should be accommodated within political institutions within the boundaries of the Republic of South Africa." The President also dashed expectations of breakthrough reform surrounding South Africa's influx controls, the laws that restrict the right of blacks to live in urban areas. Botha said only that "the present system is outdated and too costly," and that the advisory President's Council would report on the laws "in the near future...
...Reagan Administration has taken steps to make it difficult for teenagers to obtain contraceptives. Since taking office, the President has repeatedly tried to restrict the availability of family-planning services. One-third of the women who seek such services at federally funded clinics are teenagers. In 1983 the Administration further attempted to control teenage access to contraceptives by issuing what quickly became known as the "squeal rule." The regulation required federally funded clinics to notify parents within ten days of prescribing contraceptives to minors. However, the squeal rule was squelched in the courts on the ground that it would have...
...capital of exuberant quirkiness, San Francisco municipal authorities agreed on a set of laws meant to codify the city's piquant urban character. The Downtown Plan, a radical and ambitious zoning scheme, will protect dozens of fine older buildings from demolition, severely restrict the amount and bulk of new highrise construction and virtually outlaw the modernist office block...
...agreement with Harvard came a month after the city reached its first formal PILOT agreement with MIT. MIT increased its voluntary payment to $1.5 million with a 2.5 percent annual increase for the next 40 years. MIT also agreed to restrict the amount of its commercial property that can be converted to tax-exempt...
...just plain reluctance. While most groups are open to anyone on campus, sometimes they can become overly self-selective. The sad result can be a set of firm boundaries with little interaction between people that might have interests in common. Meanwhile, final clubs and art groups tend to restrict their membership along lines that often seem arbitrary, turning community- and art-making into a competitive social sport. But campus groups and Harvard itself need not give up their high standards to give up elitism or unnecessary selectivity. All we need to do is consider how high our standards...