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Carter entitles his lengthy Camp David chapter "Thirteen Days," a name that recalls Robert F. Kennedy '48's identically named and equally breathtaking account of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Day by day, he describes his meetings with Begin and Sadat on the grounds of the presidential retreat: the initial hope, the long period of pessimism, Begin's intransigence, Sadat's frustrated attempt to leave midway through the talks, and the final whirlwind day of settlement...
Tonight's open meeting should shed light on those complex ethical questions. It is also, realistically, students' best chance to influence the Corporation. A similar session last year revealed deep student sentiment against lifting the South Africa bank ban, stopping cold the Corporation's attempt to retreat from...
Defensively, both teams adjusted for the field's lack of length. Crimson stopper Frank Ricapito and sweeper tan hardington pushed to the halfline to crowd the Dartmouth forwards into their own half, then would retreat before the ball could be played into Harvard...
Your article "Decline of the Atlantic Salmon" [Aug. 30] is an accurate portrayal of the problems besetting this magnificent fish in Scotland and other countries rimming the North Atlantic. The most destructive factor in forcing the salmon to retreat from their historic river haunts is the thousands of commercial nets, which drift at sea or are anchored near the entrance of rivers to ensnare salmon as they return to spawn. Only immediate government action can prevent the salmon's ultimate destruction...
Whatever approach designers take, graphic business communication cannot afford to retreat into elitism as some architecture does. To be effective, it must be widely appealing and yet daringly modern and original. Surprisingly, it often succeeds. Big Business graphics probably is the only art form in our time that is both uncompromisingly modern and genuinely popular. Signs like Sun's sunburst are like a pretty smile on a noisy, crowded street. -By Wolf Von Eckardt