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Although deep down Powell may have wanted to end his work with this blunt indictment, he allows himself to revert to "Edthink" in two final paragraphs of qualification and apparent apology to his former employers. He praises "Harvard's investment in education" for providing self-consciousness, but not self-confidence, to the profession, implying that this contribution makes up for the 60 years of indecision...
...arms agreement prompted Israeli Premier Menachem Begin to voice reservations about "the quantity and quality of these arms." He seemed especially concerned about the F-15s. The Israelis clearly feared that such advanced weaponry could be used against them should Sadat ever be ousted from power and Egypt revert to an anti-Israeli stance...
...Harberger comes to Harvard, the HIID might as well revert to its old name. His strengths, the pluses in this cost-benefit analysis, are those of the DAS. The strengths he lacks are precisely the ones that give the HIID its identity...
...political restraints on individual liberties, showing greater toleration of expression and worship than exists in the Soviet Union. These nations, especially Poland, conceive of themselves as bridges between East and West and do not want to break ties with the United States. Unfortunately, a boycott might force them to revert to subordination within the Soviet system...
During the six-month run-up to elections, Rhodesia would effectively revert to the status of a British colony, run by a British governor assisted by some 300 civilian and military advisers. A cease-fire would confine the Salisbury security forces to their barracks and the guerrillas to their bases, leaving Commonwealth observers to police the elections...