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...Hojatolislam Mahallati in backing the bill: "We have let the government start negotiations with a third country and we cannot go against the government." The majority seemed to side with Nabavi when he contended: "We have rubbed America's nose in the dirt. The government wants to get rid of the problem in the next two or three days-either freedom or a trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hostage Breakthrough | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

Being an old-fashioned integrationist and an optimist about the capacity of the current generation of young Americans to rid American life of its hoary racist ways, I would suggest to the Seymour Society that they give some thought to this endeavor. Instead of pursuing the route of other all-Black organizations existing at Harvard--and we have too many already--intensifying the already excessive isolation of white and Black student experiences here, why not strike out a new course for once...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seymour Society | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

...RID HIMSELF of his now unwelcome guests, Sihanouk began to allow a limited U.S. entrance into Cambodia, sanctioning American "hot pursuit" ground raids and B-52 bombing missions to clear the sanctuaries. Apparently, Sihanouk now feels that action was inadequate; in War and Hope he accepts his denouement, admitting that he fell because his policy towards North Vietnam failed...

Author: By David Lawrence, | Title: A Remedy for Guilt | 1/9/1981 | See Source »

...thing you have to say about the situation there: it is almost a kind of civil war. When that is happening, and if reforms are needed -and admittedly reforms are needed-you do not try to fight a civil war and institute reforms at the same time. Get rid of the war. Then go forward with the reforms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with Ronald Reagan | 1/5/1981 | See Source »

...They don't read to free themselves of guilt, to quench their thirst for rebellion, or to get rid of alienation. 4. They have no use for psychology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Lively, Profitable World of Kid Lit | 12/29/1980 | See Source »

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