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...deep source of friction, accentuated by the Yom Kippur War and the Middle East oil cutback, is Europe's relationship to the U.S. Is Europe, as most of its governments desire, to retain close economic, political and defense ties with Washington? Or, as the French maintain, must the Continent largely ignore U.S. interests? The French sometimes frame the choice in the context of continued hope for a united Europe. Said Premier Pierre Messmer: "Europe is not moribund." However, calling for "an extension of European cooperation, which we sincerely wish," he added that "it makes sense only in the affirmation...
...prizewinning writer lays out his program for the salvation of the Russian people. He appeals to the Kremlin masters to abandon the entire basis of their power: Marxist ideology, industrial development, nuclear supremacy and imperial domination of other nations. At the same time, Solzhenitsyn suggests that the Soviet leaders retain their present "absolute and impregnable power," while entreating them to rule out of love for the people...
Whatever motivated the faculty's decision to retain the graduated grade plan, student complaints have not ceased. About 60 of 100 students who gathered to consider the system shortly after its inception voted to oppose...
Some students insist, though, that their instructors wanted to retain the four-point plan to help boost the board scores to their previous levels...
...secret of Geffen's success is selectivity. Asylum's 32 artists turned out only 28 albums last year. "You should be proud enough of every album you release to make sure it gets proper promotion, exposure and packaging," he says. Geffen is able to sign and retain big-name stars by giving them generous royalties (as much as 15%, about double the industry average), allowing them considerable artistic freedom and establishing warm personal friendships. "He romances them," says a New York-based competitor. Sometimes quite literally: Geffen used to squire Laura Nyro...