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...Council, composed of high-powered American businessmen, met with Soviet leaders in Moscow. That was in 1978, before crises in Afghanistan and Poland chilled East-West relations and put an end to the group's Moscow trips. But last week the eight-year-old organization, whose 210-member roster includes such capitalist colossi as Xerox Corp. and RCA Corp., revealed that it is heading back on another trade-promotion trip Nov. 16. Says Michael Forrestal, a past council president: "U.S. executives generally feel that it is wise for the two largest industrial countries to maintain trade relations...
...conservative upsurge is not entirely spontaneous. Reviving the right on campus has been a deliberate goal of the Institute for Educational Affairs, a New York-based foundation, whose roster of directors, which includes Authors Irving Kristol and Michael Novak and Economist Murray Weidenbaum, looks like a Who's Who among conservatives. Funded by other foundations and by dozens of corporations, the I.E.A. since 1980 has financed academic research and has given a total of more than $100,000 to some 15 student publications, in many cases enabling their birth. A grant made last Friday will launch a paper...
...defensive backfield, on the other hand, needed more bodies, and defensive coordinator Leo Fanning was convinced that Riordan's athletic ability would make him one of the top six candidates for the available positions. Because playing defense seemed the surest route to the varsity roster and, according to the coaches, the best way for him to contribute to the program, Riordan agreed to the switch...
...Coach Altman noted, "He has a lot of flexibility to work with. At least four players can serve as spikers and back or side hitters." The MIT coach listed eight rotating starters on his 13-women roster. They proved to be too much for the 10-women Crimson, as they took the second set 15-7 after leading throughout...
...NOTEBOOK: Harvard team Captain Greg Brown observed the other day: "Jack Daly's real first name is John, and our John Dailey [Crimson right cornerback] has to cover him. So it will be a match-up of the John Daileys [Dalys]." Dartmouth has two pairs of brothers on its roster: tailback Pat and defensive back Pete Lavery of Arlington, Mass. and starting noseguard Mike and former starting fullback (out with a knee injury) Rich Lena. The Lenas live next door to Harvard defensive end Joe Margolis in Woodbridge, Conn. The trio played high school ball together, and in 1978, their...