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Official ACLU/CLUM policy in this area provides, first, that while "the right of protest is an essential element" of free speech, the ACLU would object to "private pressure group activities" that would "restrict a free diverse marketplace of ideas." ACLU is pledged in such situations to "call public attention to the dangers of such consequences...
...team fared better in South Korea. Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige struck an agreement with South Korea last week that eased tensions caused by Seoul's $7.1 billion trade surplus with the U.S. South Korea vowed to increase imports of American computers, and in exchange the U.S. pledged not to restrict imports of Korean-made autos, machine tools and semiconductors. The South Korean government also announced measures aimed at boosting imports. Warned Baldrige: "We will be watching the implementation of this new policy very closely...
...March report by the National Academy ofSciences said that the restrictions cost thenation 188,000 jobs and $9 billion a year becausethey restrict foreign scientists from working inthe United States and force foreign buyers to lookelsewhere for products...
...Philadelphia station that airs Stern's show, for broadcasting material that contained sexually explicit language. One of those stations, cited for broadcasting excerpts from a play describing homosexual practices, was referred to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution for obscenity. In a move that will undoubtedly affect -- and restrict -- the sexual content of what broadcasters say, the FCC suggested it will henceforth take enforcement action against shows it deems to be "indecent...
...onto the ash heap of history. Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle, the leading hard-liner, failed to prevent the Administration from accepting the two-track policy, but he won the next battle: the U.S. proposed that if the Soviets eliminated all their SS-20s, NATO would not just restrict its prospective deployment but cancel it altogether. The simplicity and boldness of the scheme appealed to Reagan, and it had the advantage of seeming to give some of the noisier Europeans what they wanted. Pacifists and critics of NATO in Schmidt's Social Democratic Party had called for the Null...